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--> ORDER RODENTIA
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--> FAMILY Abrocomidae
--> GENUS Abrocoma
SPECIES Abrocoma bennettii
Author: | Waterhouse, 1837. | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837: 31. | Common Name: | Bennett’s Chinchilla Rat | Type Locality: | Chile, Aconcagua Prov., vicinity Aconcagua, flanks of Cordillera. | Distribution: | Chile from Copiapo to the area of Rio Biobio. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common. | Comments: | Karyotype has 2n=64 and FN=110 (Contreras et al., 1990). |
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