Phyllotis

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Phyllotis Fossil range: Pleistocene - Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Sigmodontinae Tribe: Phyllotini Genus: Phyllotis Waterhouse, 1837
Species
Phyllotis amicus Phyllotis andium Phyllotis anitae Phyllotis bonaeriensis Phyllotis caprinus Phyllotis darwini Phyllotis definitus Phyllotis haggardi Phyllotis limatus Phyllotis magister Phyllotis osgoodi Phyllotis osilae Phyllotis wolffsohni Phyllotis xanthopygus

Phyllotis is a genus of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It contains the following species:

• Friendly Leaf-eared Mouse (Phyllotis amicus)
• Andean Leaf-eared Mouse (Phyllotis andium)
• Phyllotis anitae
• Buenos Aires Leaf-eared Mouse (Phyllotis bonaeriensis)
• Capricorn Leaf-eared Mouse (Phyllotis caprinus)
• Darwin's Leaf-eared Mouse (Phyllotis darwini)
• Definitive Leaf-eared Mouse (Phyllotis definitus)
• Haggard's Leaf-eared Mouse (Phyllotis haggardi)
• Lima Leaf-eared Mouse (Phyllotis limatus)
• Master Leaf-eared Mouse (Phyllotis magister)
• Osgood's Leaf-eared Mouse (Phyllotis osgoodi)
• Bunchgrass Leaf-eared Mouse (Phyllotis osilae)
• Wolffsohn's Leaf-eared Mouse (Phyllotis wolffsohni)
• Yellow-rumped Leaf-eared Mouse (Phyllotis xanthopygus)

[edit] References

• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.