The Species Black List

Cuscomys oblativa

Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat

The Machu Picchu arboreal chinchilla rat (Cuscomys oblativa) is a cat-sized species long known only from two skulls collected from an Inca burial site in 1912 in southeastern Peru (Cusco department).

Status

Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List

Restriction tier

2, restricted, extent unclear

Class

Mammalia

Realm

Neotropical

Locality

not specified in the source

As IUCN records it

Cuscomys oblativa (Eaton, 1916)