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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER HYSTRICOMORPHA
--> INFRAORDER HYSTRICOGNATHI
--> FAMILY Abrocomidae
--> GENUS Abrocoma
SPECIES Abrocoma shistacea
Author: | Thomas, 1921. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 8: 216. | Common Name: | Sierra del Tontal Chinchilla Rat | Type Locality: | Argentina, San Juan Prov., Los Sombreros, Sierra Tontal, 3,800 m. | Distribution: | Known from the Sierra del Tontal of southern San Juan Prov., Argentina. | Comments: | Ellerman (1940) considered shistacea a subspecies of cinerea but Braun and Mares (2002) recognized it as distinct. |
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