Roig's pericote

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Roig's pericote
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Andalgalomys
Species:
A. roigi
Binomial name
Andalgalomys roigi
Mares and Braun, 1996

Roig's pericote or Roig's chaco mouse (Andalgalomys roigi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. [1] [2] Its karyotype has 2n = 60 and FN = 120. [2] It may be a subspecies of Olrog's chaco mouse. [3]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Mares, M. A.; Braun, J. K. (November 1996). "A new species of phyllotine rodent, genus Andalgalomys (Muridae: Sigmodontinae), from Argentina". Journal of Mammalogy . 77 (4): 928–941. doi: 10.2307/1382775 . JSTOR   1382775.
  3. Pardinas, U. (2016). "Andalgalomys olrogi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T1264A22376223. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T1264A22376223.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.