Phyllotis anitae

Jayat, D'Elía, Pardiñas, & Namen, 2007

Anita's Leaf-eared Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Phyllotini
Genus : Phyllotis

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Jayat, J.P., D'Elía, G., Pardiñas, U.F.J. and Namen, J.G. 2007-07-31. A new species of Phyllotis (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from the upper montane forest of the Yungas of northwestern Argentina. University of California Publications in Zoology 134:775-798.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1525/california/9780520098596.003.0022

Original name as described

Phyllotis anitae

Type material

CML 6379

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

10 km by road south of Hualinchay on the trail to Lara, Tucumán, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Jayat, J.P., D'Elía, G., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & Namen, J.G. (2007) A new species of Phyllotis (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontine) from the upper montane forest of the Yungas of northwestern Argentina. In: Kelt, D.A., Lessa, E.P., Salazar-Bravo, J. & Patton, J.L. (Eds.), The Quintessential Naturalist: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson. California,University of California Publications in Zoology, pp. 775–798.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002718

Country distribution map

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