Tympanoctomys barrerae Lawrence 1941

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Octodontidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 1570-1573 : 1573

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11347856
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scientific name	Tympanoctomys barrerae Lawrence 1941
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Tympanoctomys barrerae Lawrence 1941 View in CoL

Tympanoctomys barrerae Lawrence 1941 View in CoL , Proc. New England Zool. Club, 18: 43.

Type Locality: Argentina, Mendoza Prov., La Paz.

Vernacular Names: Red Viscacha-rat.

Distribution: Arid plains of Mendoza Province.

Conservation: IUCN – Vulnerable; rare.

Discussion: Reviewed by Diaz et al. (2000, Mammalian Species 646). Karyotype is 2n=102 (Contreras and Tores-Mura, 1987) and Gallardo et al. (1999) demonstrated that this species is tetraploid.