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Environmental heterogeneity and habitat use of the red viscacha rat in drylands of west‐central Argentina

“…Viscacha rats include species with restricted geographical distributions, habitat specialists, and low population densities (Diaz et al 2000, Teta et al 2014, Tarquino‐Carbonell et al 2020). These attributes have led to the conservation categorization of the red viscacha rat as a near‐threatened species (Roach 2016, Ojeda and Tarquino‐Carbonell 2019). This species also shows morphological and physiological adaptations to local conditions with inflated bullae, specialized kidneys, and concentrated urine.…”