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Sierra del Tontal Chinchilla Rat

Abrocoma schistacea

Classification

The Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat (Abrocoma schistacea) is a species of chinchilla rat. 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.

Distribution

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