Uspallata chinchilla rat
| Uspallata chinchilla rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Abrocomidae |
| Genus: | Abrocoma |
| Species: | A. uspallata |
| Binomial name | |
| Abrocoma uspallata Braun & Mares, 2002 | |
The Uspallata chinchilla rat (Abrocoma uspallata) is a species of chinchilla rats in the family Abrocomidae native to Argentina. This species was identified in 2002, by Braun and Mares from the University of Oklahoma. Only a single specimen exists.[2]
References
- ↑ Ojeda, R. & Jayat, J. P. (2008). Abrocoma uspallata. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ↑ 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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