Osgood's leaf-eared mouse
| Osgood's leaf-eared mouse | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Phyllotis |
| Species: | P. osgoodi |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllotis osgoodi Mann, 1945 | |
Osgood's leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis osgoodi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in the Altiplano of northeastern Chile.[1] The species is named after American zoologist Wilfred Hudson Osgood.
References
- 1 2 D'Elia, G. & Patterson, B. (2008). "Phyllotis osgoodi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 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.
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