Altiplano chinchilla mouse

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The Altiplano chinchilla mouse or achallo (Chinchillula sahamae) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Chinchillula. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

Altiplano chinchilla mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Phyllotini
Genus: Chinchillula
Thomas, 1898
Species:
C. sahamae
Binomial name
Chinchillula sahamae
Thomas, 1898
Distribution of Chinchillula sahamae according to Eisenberg & Redford, 2000

References

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  1. ^ Dunnum, J.; Bernal, N.; Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E. (2016). "Chinchillula sahamae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T4655A22333118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T4655A22333118.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.