Which dinosaur was named after the province where Bartolome Saravi was General Minister in 1847?
Bartolomé Saravi Bartolomé Saraví Melo (1797-1862) was an Argentine army officer and politician, hero of the Argentine War of Independence. He served as General Minister of La Rioja Province, Argentina in 1847.
Kirchner's viscacha rat Kirchner's viscacha rat or Kirchner's vizcacha rat ("Tympanoctomys kirchnerorum") is a species of rodents in the family Octodontidae described in 2014. It is one of two species in the genus "Tympanoctomys". That species is endemic to Chubut Province in the central western Argentina, where it has a fragmented range. Its natural habitat is desert scrubland, dunes and salt flats, where it eats halophyte plants. It is a solitary, nocturnal rodent that constructs large mounds with complex burrows. The species was named in honor if both Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Néstor Kirchner, presidents of Argentina.