''Aconaemys'' is a genus of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
in the family
Octodontidae.
It contains the following species:
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Chilean rock rat (''Aconaemys fuscus'')
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Porter's rock rat (''Aconaemys porteri'')
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Sage's rock rat (''Aconaemys sagei'')
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Rodent genera
Mammals described in 1891
Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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