Bolivian Chinchilla Rat

Bolivian Chinchilla Rat

Taxobox
name = Bolivian Chinchilla Rat
status = VU
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Abrocomidae
genus = "Abrocoma"
species = "A. boliviensis"
binomial = "Abrocoma boliviensis"
binomial_authority = Glanz & Anderson, 1990
synonyms =
The Bolivian Chinchilla Rat ("Abrocoma boliviensis") is a species of chinchilla rat in the Abrocomidae family.It is found only in Bolivia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

References

* Contreras, L. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/18/all Abrocoma boliviensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 18 July 2007.
*Woods, C. A. and C. W. Kilpatrick. 2005. Hystricognathi. Pp 1538-1600 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference 3rd ed. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C.


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