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Olrog's chaco mouse

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Olrog's chaco mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Andalgalomys
Species:
A. olrogi
Binomial name
Andalgalomys olrogi
Williams & Mares, 1978

Olrog's chaco mouse (Andalgalomys olrogi) is a species of South American rodent in the family Cricetidae,[2] endemic to Argentina. The natural habitat of the species is hot deserts. Its karyotype has 2n = 60.[3] The species is named after Swedish-Argentine biologist Claes C. Olrog.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ Pardinas, U. (2016). "Andalgalomys olrogi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T1264A22376223. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T1264A22376223.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). 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.
  3. ^ 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. hdl:11336/150390. ISSN 0016-6707. PMID 22105874. S2CID 6902906.
  4. ^ Handford, P. (April 1987). "In Memoriam: Claes Christian Olrog, 1912-1985". The Auk. 104 (2): 319–320. doi:10.1093/auk/104.2.319. JSTOR 4087042.
  5. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.