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  • The red viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae) and the pichiciego (Chlamyphorus truncatus) are mammals endemic to this biome; they are also listed as vulnerable according to IUCN categories.

    Argentine Monte 2007

  • Chlamyphorus truncatus - simultaneously one of the strangest and cutest mammals I have ever seen.

    Wired Top Stories Brian Switek 2011

  • Priodontes had the highest IFA among armadillos after Chlamyphorus, the mole-like pichiciegos or fairy armadillos.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2008

  • The most characteristic mammal fauna of the Monte are the edentates quirquincho chico or piche llorón (Chaetophractus vellerosus), pichiciego (Chlamyphorus tuncatus), carnivores such as puma (Felis concolor), zorro gris chico (Pseudalopex griseus), zorrino chico (Conepatus castaneus), huroncito or hurón chico (Lyncodon patagonicus), the ungulate guanaco (Lama guanicoe), and the rodents cuis chico (Microcavia australis), mara (Dolichotis sp.).

    Argentine Monte 2007

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