Unusual morphological and behavioural traits in Abrocoma (Rodentia: Abrocomidae) from Argentina.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

A new species of Abrocoma (Rodentia) and relationships of the Abrocomidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

So now there is a second extant abrocomid taxon, and it and Abrocoma are actually quite different.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

Systematics of the Abrocoma cinerea species complex (Rodentia: Abrocomidae), with a description of a new species of Abrocoma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

Abrocoma uspallata Braun & Mares, 2002, an Argentinian chinchilla rat with larger ears and a longer tail than related species.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

Abrocoma boliviensis Glanz & Anderson, 1990, a Bolivian chinchilla rat known from two specimens, one collected in 1926 and the other in 1955.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

This is an entirely South American group previously known only from Abrocoma Waterhouse 1837, members of which are sometimes called rat chinchillas, chinchilla rats or chinchilliones, and from the Miocene fossil Protabrocoma Kraglievich 1927.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

While Cuscomys shares derived characters with Abrocoma not present in other rodents, it’s larger, long-tailed and with features indicating a scansorial lifestyle.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

Emmons’ discovery of Cuscomys ashaninka allowed her to determine that the abrocomid in the Machu Picchu graves wasn’t a species of Abrocoma as Eaton had thought, but a second member of Cuscomys, so it became renamed C. oblativus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

He named it Abrocoma oblativus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

Abrocoma is known from eight species (A. bennetti, A. boliviensis, A. cinerea, A. vaccarum, A. uspallata, A. budini, A. famatina and A. schistacea), among which A. boliviensis was only recognised in 1990 and A. uspallata in 2002 (Glanz & Anderson 1990, Braun & Mares 1996, 2002).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference