Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Abrocomidae |
Genus: | Abrocoma |
Species: | A. vaccarum |
Binomial name | |
Abrocoma vaccarum Thomas, 1921 |
The Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat (Abrocoma vaccarum), also known as the Mendozan chinchilla rat, is a species of chinchilla rats in the family Abrocomidae. Found only in Argentina, this species was once thought to be part of Abrocoma cinerea . In 2002, Braun and Mares from the University of Oklahoma confirmed it to be a separate species. [2]
This species prefers to live on rocky cliff faces and is found most frequently in an area 1,880 m above sea level. [3]