Abrocoma budini
O. Thomas, 1920
Budin's Chinchilla Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Hystricomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Hystricognathi |
| Superfamily | : Octodontoidea |
| Family | : Abrocomidae |
| Genus | : Abrocoma |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1920-06-01. New species of Reithrodon, Abrocoma, and Scapteromys from Argentina. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)5(30):473-478.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18637244Original name as described
Abrocoma budini
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1920.3.17.62
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a9401b79-9b08-4ed9-b4d2-916106daad60Type locality
"Otro Cerro, Catamarca. Alt. 3000 m," Argentina. Restricted by U. F. J. Pardiñas et al. 2007 to "about 18 km NNW Chumbicha, now considered an abandoned ranch at the southern end of Sierra de Ambato, NE Chumbicha, Capayán, Catamarca, Argentina, 28°45'S, 66°17'W, 2023 m."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Argentina
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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