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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Galenomys Thomas, 1916 |
Species: | G. garleppi |
Binomial name | |
Galenomys garleppi (Thomas, 1898) | |
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