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Abrocoma

Abrocoma bennettii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Abrocomidae
Genus:	Abrocoma Waterhouse, 1837
Type species
Abrocoma bennettii Waterhouse, 1837
Species
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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. The oldest fossil record for the Caviomorpha appears at the late Eocene-Early Oligocene transition (37.5–31.5 mybp).^[1] The Abrocoma has an interesting body structure for example within its own head it has a sac that contains a liquid that is not named by Janet K. Braun and Michael A. Mares(894). They also have feet that are padded which helped to completely say with certainty that it is a rock dweller but also a rock climber.(896).

Species

Genus Abrocoma
- A. bennettii - Bennett's chinchilla rat
- A. boliviensis - Bolivian chinchilla rat
- A. budini - Budin's chinchilla rat
- A. cinerea - ashy chinchilla rat
- A. famatina - Famatina chinchilla rat
- A. shistacea - Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat
- A. uspallata - Uspallata chinchilla rat
- A. vaccarum - Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat or Mendozan chinchilla rat

Additionally, the species Cuscomys oblativus was formerly classified as A. oblativus, but has been reassigned.^[2]

References

^ Gallardo, Milton; Kirsch, John (March 2001). "Molecular relationships among Octodontidae". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 8 (1): 73–89. doi:10.1023/A:1011345000786. S2CID 24884119.
^ http://darrennaish.blogspot.com/2006/03/giant-furry-pets-of-incas.html Giant Furry Pets Of The Incas

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.
Braun, J. K., & Mares, M. A. (1996). Unusual morphological and behavioral traits in Abrocoma (rodentia: Abrocomidae) from Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy, 77(3), 891. https://doi.org/10.2307/1382695

v t e Extant species of family Abrocomidae (Chinchilla rats)
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Suborder: Hystricomorpha Infraorder: Caviomorpha
Abrocoma	Bennett's chinchilla rat (Abrocoma bennettii) Bolivian chinchilla rat (Abrocoma boliviensis) Budin's chinchilla rat (Abrocoma budini) Ashy chinchilla rat (Abrocoma cinerea) Famatina chinchilla rat (Abrocoma famatina) Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat (Abrocoma shistacea) Uspallata chinchilla rat (Abrocoma uspallata) Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat (Abrocoma vaccarum)
Cuscomys	Asháninka arboreal chinchilla rat (Cuscomys ashaninka) Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat (Cuscomys oblativus)
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Taxon identifiers
Abrocoma	Wikidata: Q480789 Wikispecies: Abrocoma ADW: Abrocoma CoL: LR8 EoL: 14476 GBIF: 2439413 iNaturalist: 43700 IRMNG: 1431720 ITIS: 584633 MSW: 13400392 NCBI: 108854 Paleobiology Database: 282543

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