Biology:Kirchner's viscacha rat

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Short description: Species of rodent

Kirchner's viscacha rat
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Octodontidae
Genus: Tympanoctomys
Species:
T. kirchnerorum
Binomial name
Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum
Teta, Pardiñas, Sauthier & Gallardo, 2014

Kirchner's viscacha rat or Kirchner's vizcacha rat (Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum) is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae described in 2014.[2] It is one of three species in the genus Tympanoctomys.[2][3] That species is endemic to Chubut Province in the central western Argentina , where it has a fragmented range. Its natural habitat is desert scrubland, dunes and salt flats, where it eats halophyte plants. It is a solitary, nocturnal rodent that constructs large mounds with complex burrows.[2] The species was named in honor of both Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Néstor Kirchner, presidents of Argentina.

References

  1. Roach, N. (2016). "Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T86051353A86051372. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T86051353A86051372.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/86051353/86051372. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Pablo Teta; Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas; Daniel E. Udrizar Sauthier i Milton H. Gallardo (2014), "A new species of the tetraploid vizcacha rat Tympanoctomys (Caviomorpha, Octodontidae) from central Patagonia, Argentina", Journal of Mammalogy 95 (1): 60–71, doi:10.1644/13-MAMM-A-160 
  3. Woods, C.A.; Kilpatrick, C.W. (2005). "Infraorder Hystricognathi". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1573. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13400390. 

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