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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Bolivian Chincilla Rat
Description
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Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology: Live in rock crevices or underground tunnels with the entrance usually found beneath
rocks or bushes (Nowak 1999).[1]
List of Habitats
:3.5Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- 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
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & Mckenna, 1971) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Rodentia
()
- Bowdich, 1821
- Rodents
- Suborder:
Hystricognatha
()
- Woods, 1976
- Infraorder:
Hystricognathi
()
- Tullberg, 1899
- Parvorder:
Caviida
()
- Bryant & Mckenna, 1995
- Superfamily:
Chinchilloidea
()
- (Bennett, 1833) Kraglievich, 1940
- Family:
Abrocomidae
()
- Miller & Gidley, 1918
- Genus:
Abrocoma
()
- Waterhouse, 1837
- Specific name:
boliviensis
- Glanz and Anderson, 1990
- Scientific name: - Abrocoma boliviensis Glanz and Anderson, 1990
- Specific name:
boliviensis
- Glanz and Anderson, 1990
- Genus:
Abrocoma
(
- Family:
Abrocomidae
(
- Superfamily:
Chinchilloidea
(
- Parvorder:
Caviida
(
- Infraorder:
Hystricognathi
(
- Suborder:
Hystricognatha
(
- Order:
Rodentia
(
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 19-Apr-2001
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Abrocoma
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. bennetti · A. bennettii (Bennett's Chinchilla Rat) · A. bennettii bennettii (Bennett's Chinchilla Rat) · A. bennetti bennetti · A. boliviensis (Bolivian Chincilla Rat) · A. cinerea (Ashy Chinchilla Rat) · A. cinerea budini · A. cinerea schistacea · A. oblativa
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Charles A. Woods: Status: Apparently rare
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Contreras, L. 1996. Abrocoma boliviensis. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
- Contreras, L. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 29, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7114895
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-584789
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 584789
- IUCN ID: 18
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1278
Footnotes
- Contreras, L. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
