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 rat 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 meters above sea level.^[3]

References

1. ^ Jayat, J. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Abrocoma vaccarum. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.
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 (American Society of Mammalogists) 77 (3): 891–897. doi:10.2307/1382695. JSTOR 1382695.