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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Caviidae
--> SUBFAMILY Caviinae
--> GENUS Microcavia
SPECIES Microcavia shiptoni
| Author: | Thomas, 1925. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 15: 419. | | Common Name: | Shipton’s Mountain Cavy | | Type Locality: | Argentina, Catamarca Prov., Laguna Blanca, 3,400 m. | | Distribution: | NW Argentina in the mountains of Tucuman, Catamarca, and Salta Provinces between 3,000 to 4,000 m. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | |
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