Emmons, Louise.2005-10-062005-10-061999http://hdl.handle.net/2246/302714 p. : ill., map ; 26 cm.Includes bibliographical references (p. 13-14)."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].8180018 bytesapplication/pdfen-USQL1 .A436 no.3279, 1999Cuscomys ashaninka.AbrocomidaeRodents -- Peru -- Cuzco (Dept.)Mammals -- Peru -- Cuzco (Dept.)Abrocoma oblativa.Rodents, Fossil -- Peru -- Machu Picchu Site.Extinct mammals -- Peru -- Machu Picchu Site.Paleontology -- Holocene -- Peru -- Machu Picchu Site.Paleontology -- Peru -- Machu Picchu Site.text