Altiplano chinchilla mouse Temporal range: Recent
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Conservation status
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![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Tribe: | Phyllotini |
Genus: | Chinchillula Thomas, 1898 |
Species: | C. sahamae
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Chinchillula sahamae Thomas, 1898
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Distribution of Chinchillula sahamae according to Eisenberg & Redford, 2000 |
The Altiplano chinchilla mouse or achallo (Chinchillula sahamae) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Chinchillula. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.