Andean mouse
Andean mouse Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
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Tribe: | Andinomyini Salazar-Bravo, Pardiñas, Zeballo & Teta 2016
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Genus: | Andinomys Thomas, 1902
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Species: | A. edax
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Andinomys edax Thomas, 1902
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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
- 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.