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Pearson's chaco mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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. This mouse 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.

References

1. ^ Dunnum, J.; Vargas, J.; Bernal, N.; Pardinas, U.; D'elia, G. (2008). "Andalgalomys pearsoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2009.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)
2. ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1101. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
3. Lidicker, W. Z.; Patton, J. L. "In Memoriam: Oliver Payne Pearson". University of California. Archived from the original on 2012-02-21.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 312–313. ISBN 978-0801893049. OCLC 270129903.
5. Lanzone, C.; Rodríguez, D.; Cuello, P.; Albanese, S.; Ojeda, A.; Chillo, V.; Martí, D. A. (2011). "XY₁Y₂ chromosome system in Salinomys delicatus (Rodentia, Cricetidae)" (PDF). Genetica. 139 (9): 1143–1147. doi:10.1007/s10709-011-9616-7. ISSN 0016-6707. PMID 22105874. S2CID 6902906.

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