Abrocoma bennettii Waterhouse 1837

Abrocoma bennettii Waterhouse 1837, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837: 31.

Type Locality: Chile, Aconcagua Prov., vicinity Aconcagua, flanks of Cordillera.

Vernacular Names: Bennett's Chinchilla Rat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Abrocoma bennettii subsp. bennettii Waterhouse 1837

Subspecies Abrocoma bennettii subsp. murrayi Wolffsohn 1916

Distribution: Chile from Copiapo to the area of Rio Biobio.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Common.

Discussion: Karyotype has 2n=64 and FN=110 (Contreras et al., 1990).