Garlepp's mouse
| Garlepp's mouse Temporal range: Recent | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Phyllotini |
| Genus: | Galenomys Thomas, 1916 |
| Species: | G. garleppi |
| Binomial name | |
| Galenomys garleppi (Thomas, 1898) | |
Garlepp's mouse (Galenomys garleppi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Galenomys. It is found in western Bolivia, southern Peru and possibly Chile at elevations over 3,000 m in the Altiplano.[1]
References
- 1 2 Dunnum, J.; Vargas, J.; Bernal, N.; Pacheco, V.; Zeballos, H. & Vivar, E. (2008). "Galenomys garleppi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2 April 2009.
- 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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