Porter's rock rat

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Porter's rock rat [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Octodontidae
Genus: Aconaemys
Species:
A. porteri
Binomial name
Aconaemys porteri
Thomas, 1917

Porter's rock rat (Aconaemys porteri) is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. [1] [3] It is found in Argentina and Chile at altitudes between 900 and 2,000 meters above sea level. [1]

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References

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