Garlepp's mouse Temporal range: Recent |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Tribe: | Phyllotini |
Genus: |
Galenomys Thomas, 1916 |
Species: | G. garleppi |
Binomial name | |
Galenomys garleppi (Thomas, 1898) |
Garlepp's mouse (Galenomys garleppi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Galenomys. It is found in western Bolivia, southern Peru and possibly Chile at elevations over 3,000 m in the Altiplano.