Pearson's chaco mouse

Pearson's chaco mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Andalgalomys
Species:	A. pearsoni
Binomial name
Andalgalomys pearsoni (Myers, 1977)

Pearson's chaco mouse (Andalgalomys pearsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. ^[2] This mouse is found in the Gran Chaco ecoregion of southeastern Bolivia and western Paraguay at elevations up to 400 m. ^[1] The species is named after American zoologist Oliver Payne Pearson. ^{[3] [4]} Its karyotype has 2n = 76 and 78 in the two subspecies. ^[2] The latter is the highest diploid number of any species in the tribe Phyllotini. ^[5]

References

1. Dunnum, J.; Vargas, J.; Bernal, N.; Pardinas, U.; D'elia, G. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Andalgalomys pearsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T1265A115055819. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T1265A22376292.en . Retrieved 12 June 2025.
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. 1101. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
3. Lidicker, W. Z.; Patton, J. L. "In Memoriam: Oliver Payne Pearson". University of California. Archived from the original on 2012-02-21.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–313. ISBN   978-0801893049. OCLC   270129903.
5. Lanzone, C.; Rodríguez, D.; Cuello, P.; Albanese, S.; Ojeda, A.; Chillo, V.; Martí, D. A. (2011). "XY₁Y₂ chromosome system in Salinomys delicatus (Rodentia, Cricetidae)" (PDF). Genetica. 139 (9): 1143–1147. doi:10.1007/s10709-011-9616-7. hdl:11336/150390. ISSN   0016-6707. PMID   22105874. S2CID   6902906.