Biology:Pearson's chaco mouse

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Short description: Species of rodent

Pearson's chaco mouse
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Andalgalomys
Species:
A. pearsoni
Binomial name
Andalgalomys pearsoni
(Myers, 1977)

Pearson's chaco mouse (Andalgalomys pearsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] This mouse is found in the Gran Chaco ecoregion of southeastern Bolivia and western Paraguay at elevations up to 400 m.[1] The species is named after American zoologist Oliver Payne Pearson.[3][4] Its karyotype has 2n = 76 and 78 in the two subspecies.[2] The latter is the highest diploid number of any species in the tribe Phyllotini.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Dunnum, J.; Vargas, J.; Bernal, N.; Pardinas, U.; D'elia, G. (2008). "Andalgalomys pearsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008. https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/1265/0. Retrieved 14 February 2009. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1101. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000588. 
  3. Lidicker, W. Z.; Patton, J. L.. "In Memoriam: Oliver Payne Pearson". https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/inmemoriam/html/oliverpaynepearson.html. 
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–313. ISBN 978-0801893049. OCLC 270129903. http://google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA312. 
  5. Lanzone, C.; Rodríguez, D.; Cuello, P.; Albanese, S.; Ojeda, A.; Chillo, V.; Martí, D. A. (2011). "XY1Y2 chromosome system in Salinomys delicatus (Rodentia, Cricetidae)". Genetica 139 (9): 1143–1147. doi:10.1007/s10709-011-9616-7. ISSN 0016-6707. PMID 22105874. https://ri.conicet.gov.ar/bitstream/11336/150390/2/CONICET_Digital_Nro.e1302465-40dc-4f1f-8e44-8497bd81e7af_A.pdf. 

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