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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Octodontidae
--> GENUS Tympanoctomys
SPECIES Tympanoctomys barrerae
| Author: | Lawrence, 1941. | | Citation: | Proc. New England Zool. Club, 18: 43. | | Common Name: | Red Viscacha-rat | | Type Locality: | Argentina, Mendoza Prov., La Paz. | | Distribution: | Arid plains of Mendoza Province. | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable; rare. | | Comments: | Reviewed by Diaz et al. (2000, Mammalian Species 646). Karyotype is 2n=102 (Contreras and Tores-Mura, 1987) and Gallardo et al. (1999) demonstrated that this species is tetraploid. |
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