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