Abrocoma budini
Appearance
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Abrocomidae
Genus: Abrocoma
Species: Abrocoma budini
Name
[edit]Abrocoma budini Thomas, 1920
- Holotype: BMNH 1920.3.17.62
- Type locality: “Otro Cerro, Catamarca. Alt. 3000 m”, restricted 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” by Pardiñas et al. (2007).
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Thomas, O. 1920. New species of Reithrodon, Abrocoma, and Scapteromys from Argentina. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 9 5(30): 473–478.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Budin's Chinchilla Rat