Diet Overlap

Microcavia australis (southern mountain cavy)
Octomys mimax (viscacha rat)

Common Diet

Atamisquea emarginata (atamisquea)
Larrea cuneifolia

Common Habitat

Central Andean puna
High Monte
Southern Andean steppe
Tropical Andes

Attributes / relations provided by
1Microcavia australis, Marcelo F. Tognelli, Claudia M. Campos, and Ricardo A. Ojeda, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 648, pp. 1–4 (2001)
2Octomys mimax (Rodentia: Octodontidae), RAUL SOBRERO, VALERIA E. CAMPOS, STELLA M. GIANNONI, AND LUIS A. EBENSPERGER, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 42(853):49–57 (2010)
3Effect of herbivorous rodents (cavies and tuco-tucos) on a shrub community in the Monte Desert, Argentina, Natalia Borruel, Claudia M. Campos, Stella M. Giannoni & Carlos E. Borghi, Journal of Arid Environments (1998) 39: 33–37