Porter's rock rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Octodontidae |
Genus: | Aconaemys |
Species: | A. porteri |
Binomial name | |
Aconaemys porteri Thomas, 1917 |
Porter's rock rat (Aconaemys porteri) is a species of rodent in the family Octodontidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile at altitudes between 900 and 2,000 meters above sea level.