The puna mouse (Punomys lemminus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to southern Peru, where it is found in puna habitat at elevations of 4400 to 4900 m in the Cordillera Occidental.[1]
Puna mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Punomys |
Species: | P. lemminus
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Binomial name | |
Punomys lemminus Osgood, 1943
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References
edit- ^ a b Patterson, B.; Zeballos, H. (2018). "Punomys lemminus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T18880A22335449. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T18880A22335449.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- 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.