Andean leaf-eared mouse
| Andean Leaf-eared Mouse | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| 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. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Phyllotis andium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T17221A115140147. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T17221A22341048.en.
- ↑ Liphardt, Schuyler; Bautista, Naim M.; Quiroga-Carmona, Marcial; Herrera, Nathanael D.; Blumer, L. Moritz; Opazo, Juan C.; Hoffmann, Federico G.; Saleem, Ranim; Somo, Derek A.; Del Basto Llancaqueo, Francisco; Thurman, Timothy J.; Wheeler, Timothy B.; Shaw, Daniel E.; Walt, Hunter K.; Harter, Till S.; McClelland, Grant B.; Scott, Graham R.; Sabat, Pablo; Cheviron, Zachary A.; D'Elía, Guillermo; Good, Jeffrey M.; Storz, Jay F. "Adaptation across an extreme elevational gradient in Andean leaf-eared mice, the world's highest-dwelling mammal". Science. 393 (6807) eaec8347. doi: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.