Burrowing chinchilla mouse

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Burrowing chinchilla mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Euneomys
Species:
E. fossor
Binomial name
Euneomys fossor
Thomas, 1899

The burrowing chinchilla mouse (Euneomys fossor) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. [2] It is found in Salta Province, Argentina. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 D'Elia, G.; Pardinas, U.; Teta, P. (2019). "Euneomys fossor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T136261A22352436. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136261A22352436.en . Retrieved 20 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.