Viscacha rat

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Viscacha rat

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Hystricognathi
Family : Octodontidae
Species : Octomys mimax

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

Facts about the viscacha rat

Researchers at the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station and their counterparts in Chile and Argentina have found evidence that the red viscacha rat is a tetraploid. (Full text)

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)