Shipton's Mountain Cavy

Life

Shipton's Mountain Cavy
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Caviidae
Genus:	Microcavia
Species:	M. shiptoni
Binomial name
Microcavia shiptoni (Thomas, 1925)

The Shipton's Mountain Cavy (Microcavia shiptoni) is a species of rodent in the family Caviidae. It is endemic to Argentina.

References

1. ^ Jayat, J. & Ojeda, R. (2008). Microcavia shiptoni. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 January 2009.