Olrog's Chaco Mouse

Olrog's Chaco Mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Andalgalomys
Species:	A. olrogi
Binomial name
Andalgalomys olrogi Williams & Mares, 1978

Olrog's Chaco Mouse (Andalgalomys olrogi) is a species of South American rodent in the family Cricetidae,^[2] endemic to Argentina. The natural habitat of the species is hot deserts. It is named after Swedish-Argentine biologist Claes C. Olrog.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ Ojeda, R. & Pardinas, U. (2008). Andalgalomys olrogi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 14 February 2009.
2. ^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 1101. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000587. 
3. ^ Handford, P. (1987-04). "In Memoriam: Claes Christian Olrog, 1912-1985". The Auk 104 (2): 319–320. JSTOR 4087042. 
4. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 592 (see p. 298). ISBN 978-0801893049. OCLC 270129903. http://google.com/books?id=I-kSmWLc6vYC&pg=PA298. 

• 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.