Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat
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machu-picchu-arboreal-chinchilla-rat-301-7553911
title:
Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat
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The Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat is a large species of South American chinchilla rats, known from skeletal remains found by members of the Peruvian Expedition of 1912. The animals were buried alongside people in ancient Inca tombs at Machu Picchu in Peru. It was considered extinct by the IUCN in 2008, but conservation status was changed to data deficient in 2016. Photos of a rodent taken at Machu Picchu in late 2009 likely show this species, a finding apparently confirmed in 2014. In 202
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Species of rodent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machu_Picchu_arboreal_chinchilla_rat
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2024-04-07T01:09:33Z
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