Shipton's mountain cavy is a small rodent of the highlands of northwestern Argentina. It lives among grassland, scrub, and rocky slopes, using both the surface and shallow burrows.
The back has fine, pale tan fur, the underside is light yellow-brown, and the ears have long dark hairs.
It is terrestrial and semi-fossorial, using shallow burrows. It is seen by day and at twilight, and is reported to live in colonies.
SAREM (Argentina) · Near Threatened (NT) · Argentina