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Abrocoma vaccarum (Mendozan Chinchilla Rat)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat (Abrocoma vaccarum), also known as the Mendozan chinchilla rat, is a species of chinchilla rats in the family Abrocomidae. Found only in Argentina, this species was once thought to be part of Abrocoma cinerea. In 2002, Braun and Mares from the University of Oklahoma confirmed it to be a separate species. This species prefers to live on rocky cliff faces and is found most frequently in an area 1,880 m above sea level.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  222 grams
Birth Weight [1]  13 grams
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Gestation [1]  3 months 22 days
Litter Size [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  1 year
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  8 inches (20 cm)

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
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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