Andean gerbil mouse

Andean gerbil mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Cricetidae
Subfamily:Sigmodontinae
Genus:Eligmodontia
Species: E. puerulus
Binomial name
Eligmodontia puerulus
(Philippi, 1896)

The Andean gerbil mouse or Altiplano laucha (Eligmodontia puerulus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

References

  1. Ojeda, R.; Pardinas, U. & D'Elia, G. (2016). "Eligmodontia puerulus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T7579A115085328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T7579A22343524.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  • Baillie, J. 1996. Eligmodontia puerulus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
  • 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.


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