Phyllotis pearsoni

Pacheco, Rengifo, & Vivas, 2014

Pearson'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

Pacheco, V.R., Rengifo, E.M. and Vivas, D. 2014-08-30. Una nueva especie de ratón orejón del género Phyllotis Waterhouse, 1837 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) del norte del Perú. Therya 5(2):481-508.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.12933/therya-14-185

Original name as described

Phyllotis pearsoni

Type material

MUSM 17431

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Campamento Callacuyán, Laguna Negra, 4,028 m, Quiruvilca District, Santiago de Chuco Province, La Libertad Department, Peru, at approximately -7° 57' 4.5 S, -78° 14' 14.6 W."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Pacheco, V., Rengifo, E.M., Vivas, D. 2014. A new species of leaf-eared mouse, genus Phyllotis Waterhouse, 1837 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from northern Peru. Therya 5(2): 481-508.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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