Biting Chincilla Mouse

Biting Chincilla Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Euneomys
Species: E. mordax
Binomial name
Euneomys mordax
Thomas, 1912

The Biting Chincilla Mouse (Euneomys mordax) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[1] It is found in west central Argentina and nearby areas of Chile, where it inhabits highland meadows, probably at at elevations of 1740 to 3000 m.[2]

References

  1. ^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 1115. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000651. 
  2. ^ Pardinas, U. & D'Elia, G. (2008). "Euneomys mordax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/8257. Retrieved 25 Jan. 2011.