A new genus and species of abrocomid rodent from Peru (Rodentia, Abrocomidae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3279

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1999

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New York, NY : American Museum of Natural History

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"A new specimen of a giant arboreally adapted abrocomid rodent from the northern Vilcabamba Mountains of Cusco, Peru, is here described as a member of a new genus and species. The arboreal nature of the external morphology of the holotype differs strikingly from that of all other know Abrocomidae, which are terrestrial. A species known only from remains found in Inca tombs, Abrocoma oblativa Eaton, 1916, is placed in the new genus"--P. [1].

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14 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-14).

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