Pearson's chaco mouse

Pearson's chaco mouse
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Andalgalomys
Species: A. pearsoni
Binomial name
Andalgalomys pearsoni
(Myers, 1977)

Pearson's chaco mouse (Andalgalomys pearsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found in the Gran Chaco ecoregion of southeastern Bolivia and western Paraguay at elevations up to 400 m.[1] The species is named after American zoologist Oliver Payne Pearson.[3][4] Its karyotype has 2n = 76 and 78 in the two subspecies.[2] The latter is the highest diploid number of any species in the tribe Phyllotini.[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dunnum, J., Vargas, J. & Bernal, N., Pardinas, U. & D'Elia, G (2008). Andalgalomys pearsoni. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1101. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ↑ Lidicker, W. Z.; Patton, J. L. "In Memoriam: Oliver Payne Pearson". Online Biographies of UC Faculty and Administrators. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  4. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–313. ISBN 978-0801893049. OCLC 270129903.
  5. ↑ Lanzone, C.; Rodríguez, D.; Cuello, P.; Albanese, S.; Ojeda, A.; Chillo, V.; Martí, D. A. (2011). "XY1Y2 chromosome system in Salinomys delicatus (Rodentia, Cricetidae)". Genetica 139 (9): 1143–1147. doi:10.1007/s10709-011-9616-7. ISSN 0016-6707.