Famatina chinchilla rat

Famatina chinchilla rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Abrocomidae
Genus: Abrocoma
Species: A. famatina
Binomial name
Abrocoma famatina
Thomas, 1920

The Famatina chinchilla rat (Abrocoma famatina) is a species of chinchilla rats in the family Abrocomidae found only in Argentina.[2]

References

  1. Jayat, J. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Abrocoma famatina. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
  2. Braun, Janet K.; Mares, Michael A. (February 2002). "Systematics of the Abrocoma cinerea species complex (Rodentia: Abrocomidae), with a description of a new species of Abrocoma". Journal of Mammalogy 83 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0001:SOTACS>2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1545-1542.
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