Phyllotis occidens
Rengifo & Pacheco, 2015
Western 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
Rengifo, E.M. and Pacheco, V.R. 2015-09-16. Taxonomic revision of the Andean leaf-eared mouse, _Phyllotis andium_ Thomas 1912 (Rodentia: Cricetidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4018(3):349-380.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4018.3.2Original name as described
Phyllotis occidens
Type material
MUSM 547
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Huarochiri, Lima, Peru.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Peru
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Rengifo, E.M., Pacheco, V. 2015. Taxonomic revision of the Andean leaf-eared mouse, Phyllotis andium Thomas 1912 (Rodentia: Cricetidae), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 4018(3):349-380.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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