Andean mouse
Appearance
Andean mouse Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
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Graomys griseoflavus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Andinomys Thomas, 1902 |
Species: | A. edax
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Binomial name | |
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
- ^ Dunnum, J.; Vargas, J.; Bernal, N.; Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E.; Patterson, B; Pardinas, U.; D'Elia, G.; Jayat. & J.P. (2008). "Andinomys edax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. 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.