World's Highest-Dwelling Animal

The documented capture of the yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse at the peak of Volcán Llullaillaco, makes this rodent the highest-dwelling mammal in the world. Cover image: Marcial Quiroga-Carmona, PNAS, CC BY 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2005265117 More: The World’s Highest-Dwelling Mammal Found Atop of the World’s Second-Largest Active Volcano https://www.geographyrealm.com/the-worlds-highest-dwelling-mammal-found-atop-of-the-worlds-second-largest-active-volcano/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- More Geography: https://www.geographyrealm.com More GIS: https://www.gislounge.com Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/geographyrealm Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/geographyrealm/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music: Night Snow - Asher Fulero, CC BY 2.0 #geography #rodents #mammals

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