Andean gerbil mouse

Andean gerbil mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Eligmodontia puerulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T7579A115085328. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T7579A22343524.en.

• 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.