Porter's rock rat
| Porter's rock rat[1] | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Octodontidae |
| Genus: | Aconaemys |
| Species: | A. porteri |
| Binomial name | |
| Aconaemys porteri Thomas, 1917 | |
Porter's rock rat (Aconaemys porteri) is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae.[1][3] It is found in Argentina and Chile at altitudes between 900 and 2,000 meters above sea level.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1538–1600. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Chapman, R. E. (2008). "Aconaemys porteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ↑ Gallardo, Milton H. (February 1992). "Karyotypic Evolution in Octodontid Rodents Based on C-Band Analysis". Journal of Mammalogy. Journal of Mammalogy, Vol. 73, No. 1. 73 (1): 89–98. doi:10.2307/1381869. JSTOR 1381869.
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