Andean mouse

Andean mouse Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
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.

Andinomys edax has great ecological plasticity since it can live in very different environments, including subtropical mountain forests, high-altitude grasslands, and semiarid areas. ^{[2] [3]} Though the species lacks comprehensive fossil records, there is one known fossil record from the Lower-Middle Pleistoscene in Tarija, Bolivia, and seven fossil records from the Middle-Upper Pleistoscene, the Upper Pleistoscene, and the Upper Holocene in different provinces of Northwestern Argentina. ^[3]

References

1. Dunnum, J.; Vargas, J.; Bernal, N.; Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E.; Patterson, B.Ê; Pardinas, U.; D'Elia, G. & Jayat, J. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Andinomys edax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T1271A115055921. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T1271A22345494.en . Retrieved 29 November 2023.
2. Jayat, Pablo; Pacheco, Silvia; Ortiz, E. (December 2009). "A predictive distribution model for Andinomys edax (Rodentia: Cricetidae) in Argentina". Mastozoología neotropical. 16 (2): 321–332. ISSN   0327-9383.
3. Ortiz, Pablo E.; Jayat, J. Pablo (June 2007). "Fossil record of the Andean rat, Andinomys edax (Rodentia: Cricetidae), in Argentina". Mastozoología neotropical. 14 (1): 77–83. ISSN   0327-9383.

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