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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Octodontidae
--> GENUS Aconaemys
SPECIES Aconaemys porteri
| Author: | Thomas, 1917. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8., 19: 281. | | Common Name: | Porter’s Rock Rat | | Type Locality: | Chile, Osorno Prov., Osorno . | | Distribution: | NE slope of Villarrica Volcano to Puyehue (Chile) and to Nahuelhuapi Lake district (Argentina); between 900 to 2,000 m. | | Comments: | Pearson (1984) synomyized porteri with fuscus, but Gallardo and Reise (1992) demonstrated that the two are morphologically and chromosomally distinct. Karyotype has 2n=58 and FN=112 (Gallardo and Reise, 1992). |
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