Andean mouse

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Andean mouse
Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
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Andinomyini

Salazar-Bravo, Pardiñas, Zeballo & Teta 2016
Genus:
Andinomys

Thomas, 1902
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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

  • 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.