Uspallata Chinchilla Rat

Taxobox
name = Uspallata Chinchilla Rat
status = LR/lc
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Abrocomidae
genus = "Abrocoma"
species = "A. uspallata"
binomial = "Abrocoma uspallata"
binomial_authority = Braun & Mares, 2002
synonyms =

The Uspallata Chinchilla Rat ("Abrocoma uspallata") is a species of chinchilla rat in the Abrocomidae family native to Argentina. This species was identified in 2002, by Braun and Mares from the University of Oklahoma. Only a single specimen exists.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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