Andean gerbil mouse

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| status = LC| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Ojeda, R. |author2=Pardinas, U. |author3=D'Elia, G. |name-list-style=amp |title=Eligmodontia puerulus |page=e.T7579A115085328 |year=2016 |errata=2017 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T7579A22343524.en}}

| genus = Eligmodontia

| species = puerulus

| authority = (Philippi, 1896)

| synonyms =

}}

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

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  • Baillie, J. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/7579/all Eligmodontia puerulus]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627094911/http://www.iucnredlist.org/ 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.

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Category:Eligmodontia

Category:Mammals of the Andes

Category:Mammals of Argentina

Category:Mammals of Bolivia

Category:Mammals of Chile

Category:Mammals of Peru

Category:Mammals described in 1896

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

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