Patagonian chinchilla mouse

Patagonian chinchilla mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Euneomys
Species: E. chinchilloides
Binomial name
Euneomys chinchilloides
(Waterhouse, 1839)

The Patagonian chinchilla mouse (Euneomys chinchilloides) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[1] It is found in Tierra del Fuego and neighboring areas of southernmost Argentina and Chile.[2]

References

  1. 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. 1114. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Patterson, B., D'Elia, G. & Pardinas, U. (2008). "Euneomys chinchilloides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 25 Jan 2011.


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