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Abrocomidae Miller & Gidley 1918
Description
Family ABROCOMIDAE
(CHINCHILLA RATS AND INCA RATS)
• Mediumto large-sized rodents with long soft fur, dense underfur, and flat-crowned maxillary cheekteeth with enamel ridges in a figure-8 occlusal pattern.
• 20-30 cm.
• Neotropical Region.
• Arid temperate montane, lowland Mediterranean chaparral, and tropical cloud forests.
• 2 genera, 10 species, 11 taxa.
• 1 species Critically Endangered; 1 species classified as Extinct but recently found still extant; none Extinct since 1600.
Notes
Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Abrocomidae, pp. 488-497 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 488, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6581970
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Related works
- Has part
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.6582019 (DOI)
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.6582021 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.6581970 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/EE08FFDDFFFEFFA7FFD1FFD2FFA63001 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Abrocomidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Miller & Gidley
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Abrocomidae Miller, 1918 sec. Wilson, Lacher & Mittermeier, 2016