- Viscacha Rat
Taxobox
name = Viscacha Rat
status = LR/lc
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Rodentia
familia =Octodontidae
genus = "Octomys"
species = "O. mimax"
binomial = "Octomys mimax"
binomial_authority = Thomas, 1920
synonyms =The Viscacha Rat ("Octomys mimax") -- or Mountain Viscacha Rat -- is a species of
rodent in theOctodontidae family. It ismonotypic within the genus "Octomys", and is likely ancestral to both "Tympanoctomys barrerae " and "Pipanacoctomys aureus ". It is endemic toChile andArgentina .ources
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