Andean Mouse Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent |
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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 family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Andinomys. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.