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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. ↑ Roach, N. (2016). "Aconaemys porteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T136331A22239645. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136331A22239645.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ↑ Gallardo, Milton H. (February 1992). "Karyotypic Evolution in Octodontid Rodents Based on C-Band Analysis". Journal of Mammalogy. 73 (1). Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 73, No. 1: 89–98. doi:10.2307/1381869. JSTOR   1381869.
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