Biting chinchilla mouse

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Biting chinchilla mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Euneomys
Species:
E. mordax
Binomial name
Euneomys mordax
Thomas, 1912

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

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ 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.


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