HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Chinchillula
SPECIES Chinchillula sahamae
Author: | Thomas, 1898. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 1: 280. | Common Name: | Achallo | Type Locality: | Bolivia, La Paz Dept., 50 km N Mt Sajama, Esperanza, Pacajes, 4200 m. | Distribution: | Altiplano region of S Perú, W Bolivia (above 4000 m), and N Chile. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | The presence of this species in NW Argentina, as reported in many faunal works and checklists (Cabrera, 1961; Díaz, 2000; Musser and Carleton, 1993), is not based on confirmed identification of any vouchered specimen (see Galliari et al., 1996; Ortiz et al., 2000a). |
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