Olrog's chaco mouse

Olrog's chaco mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Andalgalomys
Species: A. olrogi
Binomial name
Andalgalomys olrogi
Williams & Mares, 1978

Olrog's chaco mouse (Andalgalomys olrogi) is a species of South American rodent in the family Cricetidae,[2] endemic to Argentina. The natural habitat of the species is hot deserts. Its karyotype has 2n = 60.[3] The species is named after Swedish-Argentine biologist Claes C. Olrog.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Ojeda, R. & Pardinas, U. (2008). Andalgalomys olrogi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 14 February 2009.
  2. ↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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. ↑ Lanzone, C.; Rodríguez, D.; Cuello, P.; Albanese, S.; Ojeda, A.; Chillo, V.; Martí, D. A. (2011). "XY1Y2 chromosome system in Salinomys delicatus (Rodentia, Cricetidae)". Genetica 139 (9): 1143–1147. doi:10.1007/s10709-011-9616-7. ISSN 0016-6707.
  4. ↑ Handford, P. (April 1987). "In Memoriam: Claes Christian Olrog, 1912-1985". The Auk 104 (2): 319–320. JSTOR 4087042.
  5. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.


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