ABROCOMIDAE, Miller & Gidley, 1918

Don E. Wilson, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr & Russell A. Mittermeier, 2016, Abrocomidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 6 Lagomorphs and Rodents I, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 488-497 : 488

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6581970
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6581960
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scientific name	ABROCOMIDAE
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Family ABROCOMIDAE View in CoL

(CHINCHILLA RATS AND INCA RATS)

• Mediumto large-sized rodents with long soft fur, dense underfur, and flat-crowned maxillary cheekteeth with enamel ridges in a figure-8 occlusal pattern.

• 20-30 cm. View Figure

• Neotropical Region. View Figure

• Arid temperate montane, lowland Mediterranean chaparral, and tropical cloud forests.

• 2 genera, 10 species, 11 taxa.

• 1 species Critically Endangered; 1 species classified as Extinct but recently found still extant; none Extinct since 1600.