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Andean mouse

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Andean mouse
Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
Graomys griseoflavus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
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

  1. ^ 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.