Biting chinchilla mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Euneomys |
Species: | E. mordax
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Binomial name | |
Euneomys mordax Thomas, 1912
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The biting chinchilla mouse (Euneomys mordax) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found in west central Argentina and nearby areas of Chile, where it inhabits highland meadows, probably at elevations of 1740 to 3000 m.[1]