Cuscomys

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The list of species of Cuscomys genus

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The list of species of Cuscomys genus

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Cuscomys oblativus

The Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat (Cuscomys oblativus ) 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...

Asháninka arboreal chinchilla rat

Cuscomys ashaninka

The Asháninka arboreal chinchilla rat (Cuscomys ashaninka ) is a large species of chinchilla rats from the Andes of far northern Cusco in Peru. It was first scientifically described in 1999.The first specimen of this species was discovered by Louise...