ArticleCurrent biology : CB2023
Genomic insights into the mystery of mouse mummies on the summits of Atacama volcanoes.
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- Adaptation across an extreme elevational gradient in Andean leaf-eared mice, the world's highest-dwelling mammal.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2026Article
- Elevational variation in heart mass and suppression of hypoxia-induced right ventricle hypertrophy in Andean leaf-eared mice (Phyllotis).The Journal of physiology · 2026Article
- Elevational variation in heart mass and suppression of hypoxia-induced right ventricle hypertrophy in Andean leaf-eared mice (bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Species Limits and Hybridization in Andean Leaf-Eared Mice (Ecology and evolution · 2025Article
- Evolutionary ecophysiology in extreme environments under a global change scenario.Conservation physiology · 2025Article
- To what extent do physiological tolerances determine elevational range limits of mammals?The Journal of physiology · 2024Article
- Diet of Andean Leaf-Eared Mice (Ecology and evolution · 2024Article
- Diet of Andean leaf-eared mice (bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024Article
- Endurance athletes hiding in plain sight in the high Andes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Extreme High-Elevation Mammal Surveys Reveal Unexpectedly High Upper Range Limits of Andean Mice.The American naturalist · 2024Article
- Elevational range extension of the Puna Mouse,Journal of mammalogy · 2023Article
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Abstract
Our understanding of the limits of animal life is continually revised by scientific exploration of extreme environments. Here we report the discovery of mummified cadavers of leaf-eared mice, Phyllotis vaccarum, from the summits of three different Andean volcanoes at elevations 6,029-6,233 m above sea level in the Puna de Atacama in Chile and Argentina. Such extreme elevations were previously assumed to be completely uninhabitable by mammals. In combination with a live-captured specimen of the same species from the nearby summit of Volcán Llullaillaco (6,739 m)
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