Peterson's chinchilla mouse
| Peterson's chinchilla mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Euneomys |
| Species: | E. petersoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Euneomys petersoni J. A. Allen, 1903
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Peterson's chinchilla mouse (Euneomys petersoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae[2] and is found in west central and southern Argentina and nearby areas of Chile.[1] The species is named after American paleontologist Olaf A. Peterson (1865–1933).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pardinas, U. & D'Elia, G. (2008). "Euneomys petersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 25 Jan 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 319. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.
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