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iAbrocoma
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Species
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Abrocoma bennettii
Abrocoma boliviensis
Abrocoma budini
Abrocoma cinerea
Abrocoma famatina
Abrocoma schistacea
Abrocoma uspallata
Abrocoma vacarum
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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.
[edit] Species
- Genus Abrocoma
- Abrocoma bennettii - Bennett's Chinchilla Rat
- Abrocoma boliviensis - Bolivian Chinchilla Rat
- Abrocoma budini
- Abrocoma cinerea - Ashy Chinchilla Rat
- Abrocoma famatina
- Abrocoma schistacea
- Abrocoma uspallata
- Abrocoma vacarum
[edit] References
- Braun, J. K. and M. A. Mares. 2002. Systematics of the Abrocoma cinerea species complex (Rodentia: Abrocomidae), with a description of a new species of Abrocoma. Journal of Mammalogy, 83:1-19.
