Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat

Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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]

References

1. Roach, N. (2016). "Abrocoma vaccarum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T136546A22182279. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136546A22182279.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Braun, Janet K.; Mares, Michael A. (February 2002). "Systematics of the Abrocoma cinerea species complex (Rodentia: Abrocomidae), with a description of a new species of Abrocoma". Journal of Mammalogy. 83 (1): 1–19. doi: 10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0001:SOTACS>2.0.CO;2 .
3. Braun, Janet K.; Mares, Michael A. (August 1996). "Unusual Morphological and Behavioral Traits in Abrocoma (Rodentia: Abrocomidae) from Argentina". Journal of Mammalogy. 77 (3). American Society of Mammalogists: 891–897. doi: 10.2307/1382695 . JSTOR   1382695.