Bunny Rat

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Bunny Rat
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Reithrodon Species: R. auritus
Binomial name
Reithrodon auritus (G. Fischer, 1814)

The Bunny Rat (Reithrodon auritus) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found in Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay.

[edit] References

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
• Pearson, O. 1996. Reithrodon auritus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.