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Andalgalomys pearsoni

Pearson's chaco mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Andalgalomys
Species: A. pearsoni
Binomial name
Andalgalomys pearsoni
(Myers, 1977)

Pearson's chaco mouse (Andalgalomys pearsoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in the Gran Chaco ecoregion of southeastern Bolivia and western Paraguay at elevations up to 400 m. The species is named after American zoologist Oliver Payne Pearson. Its karyotype has 2n = 76 and 78 in the two subspecies. The latter is the highest diploid number of any species in the tribe Phyllotini.



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