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Altiplano chinchilla mouse

The Altiplano chinchilla mouse or achallo 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.

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Altiplano chinchilla mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Phyllotini
Genus: Chinchillula
Thomas, 1898
Species:
C. sahamae
Binomial name
Chinchillula sahamae
Thomas, 1898
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.

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  1. Dunnum, J.; Bernal, N.; Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E. (2016). "Chinchillula sahamae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T4655A22333118. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T4655A22333118.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.