Definitive Leaf-eared Mouse

Definitive Leaf-eared Mouse
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Phyllotis
Species:	P. definitus
Binomial name
*Phyllotis definitus* Osgood, 1915

The Definitive Leaf-eared Mouse (Phyllotis definitus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in west central Peru, in rocky and shrub-covered areas at elevations between 2600 and 3000 m.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Zeballos, H. & Vivar, E. (2008). "Phyllotis definitus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/17225. Retrieved 12 June 2009.

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.