Andean Mouse

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Andean Mouse
Fossil range: Pleistocene to Recent
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Phyllotini
Genus: Andinomys
Thomas, 1902
Species: A. edax
Binomial name
Andinomys edax
Thomas, 1902

The Andean Mouse (Andinomys edax) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is the only species in the genus Andinomys. It it found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

[edit] References

  • Contreras, L. 1996. Andinomys edax. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.