Peterson's chinchilla mouse
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Euneomys
Species:
E. petersoni
Binomial name
Euneomys petersoni
J. A. Allen, 1903

Peterson's chinchilla mouse (Euneomys petersoni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in west central and southern Argentina and nearby areas of Chile. The species is named after American paleontologist Olaf A. Peterson (1865–1933).


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