Darwin's leaf-eared mouse
Darwin's leaf-eared mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Phyllotis |
Species: | P. darwini
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Binomial name | |
Phyllotis darwini (Waterhouse, 1837)
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Darwin's leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis darwini) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2]
It has terrestrial habits and is endemic to coastal central and northern Chile. It is also found in the Atacama Desert. Members of the species have been found in the Llanos de Challe national park of the Atacama desert.
References[]
Wikispecies has information related to Phyllotis darwini. |
- ^ D'elia, G. (2016). "Phyllotis darwini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17224A22341324. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T17224A22341324.en. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1162. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Phyllotis
- Endemic fauna of Chile
- Mammals of Chile
- Atacama Desert
- Mammals described in 1837
- Sigmodontinae stubs