Bolivian chinchilla rat
Species of rodent
| Bolivian chinchilla rat | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Abrocomidae |
| Genus: | Abrocoma |
| Species: | A. boliviensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Abrocoma boliviensis Glanz & Anderson, 1990 | |
The Bolivian chinchilla rat (Abrocoma boliviensis) is a species of chinchilla rat in the family Abrocomidae.[2] It is found only in Manuel María Caballero Province, Bolivia. Its natural habitat is the rocky areas of cloud forests in Bolivia's interior.
Habitat and ecology
The Bolivian chinchilla rat lives in the cloud forests of Bolivia, and may specialize in the rocky areas within the cloud forest. It is a herbivore, and lives in burrows. Young are born precocial after a relatively long gestation period.[1]
Threats
"Listed as Critically Endangered because its extent of occurrence is less than 100 km², all individuals are in a single location, and there is continuing decline in the extent and quality of its cloud forest habitat."
Major threats to the Bolivian chinchilla rat include the clearing of its cloud forest habitat for cattle pasture and habitat fragmentation. It was historically trapped for its fur.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Bernal, N. (2016). "Abrocoma boliviensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T18A22182349. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T18A22182349.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M., eds. (2005). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 1538–1600.
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Extant species of family Abrocomidae (Chinchilla rats)
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Suborder: Hystricomorpha
- Infraorder: Caviomorpha
- Bennett's chinchilla rat (Abrocoma bennettii)
- Bolivian chinchilla rat (Abrocoma boliviensis)
- Budin's chinchilla rat (Abrocoma budini)
- Ashy chinchilla rat (Abrocoma cinerea)
- Famatina chinchilla rat (Abrocoma famatina)
- Sierra del Tontal chinchilla rat (Abrocoma shistacea)
- Uspallata chinchilla rat (Abrocoma uspallata)
- Punta de Vacas chinchilla rat (Abrocoma vaccarum)
- Asháninka arboreal chinchilla rat (Cuscomys ashaninka)
- Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat (Cuscomys oblativus)
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