Viscacha rat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Octodontidae
Species : Octomys mimax
Keywords: white
The Viscacha rat is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the viscacha rat
A young / baby of a viscacha rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A viscacha rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.Countries
Argentina
Facts about the viscacha rat
html Radio News Briefs - September 24, 1999: Researchers at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and their counterparts in Chile and Argentina have found evidence that the red viscacha rat is a . (Full text)
The most reasonable explanation is that the red viscacha rat is tetraploid, but that some of the chromosomes have been lost. (Full text)
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