Abrocoma bennettii (rodent)

Mass: 201 g based on Opazo et al. 2004

Abundance: 0.20 to 1.90% (median 1.89%)

Latitudinal range: -34.5° to -31.5°

Habitats: (1), desert/xeric shrubland (2)

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Found in 3 samples

Chile: Fundo San Carlos de Apoquindo (September), Las Chinchillas Natural Reserve (equatorial-facing slopes, spring 1987), Taguatagua 1 (Late Pleistocene)

Size measurements:
body mass200.56 gN = 9Opazo et al. 2004
condylobasal length48.1 mmN = 12Glanz and Anderson 1990
condylobasal length49.6 mmN = 12Glanz and Anderson 1990
ear length32.7 mmN = 4Glanz and Anderson 1990
head and body length205.9 mmN = 13Glanz and Anderson 1990
head and body length211.8 mmN = 12Glanz and Anderson 1990
hind foot length35.6 mmN = 13Glanz and Anderson 1990
hind foot length34.6 mmN = 12Glanz and Anderson 1990
skull width22.6 mmN = 12Glanz and Anderson 1990
skull width22.9 mmN = 12Glanz and Anderson 1990
tail length142.5 mmN = 13Glanz and Anderson 1990
tail length155.9 mmN = 12Glanz and Anderson 1990
total body length348.4 mmN = 13Glanz and Anderson 1990
total body length367.8 mmN = 12Glanz and Anderson 1990
upper tooth row length9.3 mmN = 12Glanz and Anderson 1990
upper tooth row length9.9 mmN = 12Glanz and Anderson 1990

See also Abrocoma, Abrocoma sp.