Andean mouse
| Andean mouse Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent | |
|---|---|
| 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
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
- 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.
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