Andean Mouse

Andean Mouse
Temporal 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 family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Andinomys. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

References

  1. ^ Dunnum, J., Vargas, J., Bernal, N., Zeballos, H., Vivar, E., Patterson, B, Pardinas, U., D'Elia, G., Jayat. & J.P. (2008). Andinomys edax. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 14 February 2009.