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Abrocoma (chinchilla rats)

Synonyms: Habrocoma

Wikipedia Abstract

Abrocoma is a genus of abrocomid rodents found in the Andes of South America, from southern Peru to central Chile. The genus contains eight species, most of which are found in isolated mountain ranges in northwestern Argentina. The oldest fossil record for the Caviomorpha appears at the late Eocene-Early Oligocene transition (37.5–31.5 mybp).
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Species

Abrocoma antiqua
Abrocoma bennettii (Chinchilla-rat) (Attributes)
Abrocoma boliviensis (Bolivian chinchilla rat) (Critically Endangered) (Attributes)
Abrocoma budini (Budin's Chinchilla Rat) (Attributes)
Abrocoma cinerea (ashy chinchilla rat) (Attributes)
Abrocoma famatina (Famatina Chinchilla Rat) (Attributes)
Abrocoma schistacea (Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat)
Abrocoma shistacea (Sierra del Tontal Chinchilla Rat) (Attributes)
Abrocoma uspallata (Uspallata Chinchilla Rat) (Attributes)
Abrocoma vaccarum (Mendozan Chinchilla Rat) (Attributes)

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0