Sierra del Tontal Chinchilla Rat

Taxobox
name = Sierra del Tontal Chinchilla Rat
status = LR/lc
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Abrocomidae
genus = "Abrocoma"
species = "A. shistacea"
binomial = "Abrocoma shistacea"
binomial_authority = Thomas, 1921
synonyms =

The Sierra del Tontal Chinchilla Rat ("Abrocoma shistacea") is a species of chinchilla rat in the Abrocomidae family. 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.cite journal|title=Systematics of the Abrocoma cinerea species complex (Rodentia: Abrocomidae), with a description of a new species of Abrocoma|author=Braun, Janet K.|coauthors=Mares, Michael A.|month=February|year=2002|journal=Journal of Mammalogy|volume=83|issue=1|pages=1–19|doi=10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0001:SOTACS>2.0.CO;2|doilabel=10.1644/1545-1542(2002)0830001:SOTACS2.0.CO;2]

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