Biting chinchilla mouse
Appearance
Biting chinchilla mouse | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Euneomys |
Species: | E. mordax
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Binomial name | |
Euneomys mordax Thomas, 1912
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The biting chinchilla mouse (Euneomys mordax) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found in west central Argentina and nearby areas of Chile, where it inhabits highland meadows, probably at elevations of 1740 to 3000 m.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b D'elia, G. (2016). "Euneomys mordax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T8257A22352182. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T8257A22352182.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1115. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.