Biology:Andean leaf-eared mouse
From HandWiki
Short description: Species of rodent
| Andean Leaf-eared Mouse | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Phyllotis |
| Species: | P. andium
|
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllotis andium Thomas, 1912
| |
The Andean leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis andium) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
The Andean leaf-eared mouse lives at the highest elevation and has the highest elevation range of any known mammal, with populations found at elevations from sea level to mountain peaks of greater than 6700 meters.[2]
References
- ↑ Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E. (2016). "Phyllotis andium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T17221A22341048.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/17221/22341048.
- ↑ Liphardt, Schuyler; Bautista, Naim M.; Quiroga-Carmona, Marcial; Herrera, Nathanael D.; Blumer, L. Moritz; Opazo, Juan C.; Hoffmann, Federico G.; Saleem, Ranim et al.. "Adaptation across an extreme elevational gradient in Andean leaf-eared mice, the world's highest-dwelling mammal". Science 393 (6807). doi:10.1126/science.aec8347. https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.1126/science.aec8347.
- Baillie, J. 1996. Phyllotis andium. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q1761101 entry
 |  |
