Ototylomys phyllotis

C. H. Merriam, 1901

Big-eared Climbing Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Tylomyinae
Genus : Ototylomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1901-11-29. Seven new mammals from Mexico, including a new genus of rodents. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 3:559-563.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8873494

Original name as described

Ototylomys phyllotis

Type material

USNM:MAMM:108099

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/383131ae9-0db6-4ecd-9bdb-24d98eb5c95f

Type locality

Tunkas, Yucatán, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic · Nearctic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · Honduras · El Salvador · Nicaragua · Costa Rica

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002837

Country distribution map

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