Olrog's chaco mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
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,endemic to Argentina. The natural habitat of the species is hot deserts. Its karyotype has 2n = 60. The species is named after Swedish-Argentine biologist Claes C. Olrog.