Andean mouse

Andean mouse Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
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:	Andinomys Thomas, 1902
Species:	A. edax
Binomial name
Andinomys edax Thomas, 1902

The Andean mouse (Andinomys edax) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Andinomys. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

References

1. Dunnum, J.; Vargas, J.; Bernal, N.; Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E.; Patterson, B.Ê; Pardinas, U.; D'Elia, G. & Jayat, J. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Andinomys edax". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T1271A115055921. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T1271A22345494.en. Retrieved 29 November 2023.

• 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.