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FAMILY Abrocomidae
Author: | Miller and Gidley, 1918. | Citation: | Jour. Washington Acad. Sci., 8(13): 447. | Comments: | The phylogenetic affinity of Abrocoma has been problematic; Ellerman (1940) placed within the family Echimyidae, Landry (1957) within the family Octodontidae whereas Patterson and Wood (1982) assigned familial status. Glanz and Anderson (1990) suggested a sister relationship between Abrocomidae and Chinchillidae. Molecular data (Gallardo and Kirsch, 2001; Honeycutt et al., 2003; Huchon and Douzery, 2001) and allozyme data (Köhler et al., 2000) support familial status within the superfamily Octodontoidea and most suggest a basal position for the Abrocomidae. |
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