Abrocoma
(Genus)Abrocoma is a genus of abrocomid rodents found in the Andes of South America, from southern Peru to central Chile. The genus contains eight species, most of which are found in isolated mountain ranges in northwestern Argentina.
Species
- Genus Abrocoma
- Abrocoma bennettii - Bennett's Chinchilla Rat
- Abrocoma boliviensis - Bolivian Chinchilla Rat
- Abrocoma budini - Budin's Chinchilla Rat
- Abrocoma cinerea - Ashy Chinchilla Rat
- Abrocoma famatina - Famatina Chinchilla Rat
- Abrocoma schistacea - Sierra del Tontal Chinchilla Rat
- Abrocoma uspallata - Uspallata Chinchilla Rat
- Abrocoma vaccarum - Mendozan Chinchilla Rat
Additionally, the species Cuscomys oblativus was formerly classified as Abrocoma oblativus, but has been reassigned. [1]
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- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
- Subclass: Theriiformes
(Rowe, 1988) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,36
- Infraclass: Holotheria
(Wible et al., 1995) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,43
- Superlegion: Trechnotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Legion: Cladotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion: Zatheria
McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion: Tribosphenida
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,48
- Supercohort: Theria
(Parker & Haswell, 1897) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,49 - Therians
- Cohort: Placentalia
(Owen, 1837) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,80 - Placentals
- Magnaorder: Epitheria
(McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superorder: Preptotheria
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna in Stucky & McKenna in Benton, ed., 1993:7
- Grandorder: Anagalida
(Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975:41
- Mirorder: Simplicidentata
(Weber, 1904) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii, 113
- Order: Rodentia
Bowdich, 1821 - Rodents
- Suborder: Hystricognatha
Woods, 1976
- Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Tullberg, 1899 - Hystricognath Rodents
- Superfamily: Chinchilloidea
(Bennett, 1833) Kraglievich, 1940:756
- Family: Abrocomidae
Miller & Gidley, 1918 - Chinchilla-Rats
- Genus: Abrocoma Waterhouse, 1837
- Family: Abrocomidae
Miller & Gidley, 1918 - Chinchilla-Rats
- Superfamily: Chinchilloidea
(Bennett, 1833) Kraglievich, 1940:756
- Infraorder: Hystricognathi
Tullberg, 1899 - Hystricognath Rodents
- Suborder: Hystricognatha
Woods, 1976
- Order: Rodentia
Bowdich, 1821 - Rodents
- Mirorder: Simplicidentata
(Weber, 1904) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii, 113
- Grandorder: Anagalida
(Szalay & McKenna, 1971) McKenna, 1975:41
- Superorder: Preptotheria
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna in Stucky & McKenna in Benton, ed., 1993:7
- Magnaorder: Epitheria
(McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort: Placentalia
(Owen, 1837) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,80 - Placentals
- Supercohort: Theria
(Parker & Haswell, 1897) McKenna & Bell, 1997:viii,49 - Therians
- Infralegion: Tribosphenida
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,48
- Sublegion: Zatheria
McKenna, 1975
- Legion: Cladotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Superlegion: Trechnotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Infraclass: Holotheria
(Wible et al., 1995) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,43
- Subclass: Theriiformes
(Rowe, 1988) McKenna & Bell, 1997:vii,36
- Class: Mammalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Genus Abrocoma is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in the Genus Abrocoma: A. bennetti · A. bennetti bennetti · A. bennetti murrayi · A. bennettii (Bennett's Chinchilla Rat) · A. bennettii bennettii · A. boliviensis (Bolivian Chincilla Rat) · A. cinerea (Ashy Chinchilla Rat) · A. cinerea budini · A. cinerea schistacea
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- ^ http://darrennaish.blogspot.com/2006/03/giant-furry-pets-of-incas.html Giant Furry Pets Of The Incas
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