Plains viscacha rat

Plains viscacha rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Octodontidae
Genus: Tympanoctomys
Species:
T. barrerae
Binomial name
Tympanoctomys barrerae
(B. Lawrence, 1941)
Tympanoctomys distribution
T. barrerae in red

The plains viscacha rat, plains vizcacha rat, red viscacha rat, or red vizcacha rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae) is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae native to Argentina. It is one of three species in the genus Tympanoctomys.

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