Darwin's leaf-eared mouse

Darwin's leaf-eared mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Phyllotis
Species: P. darwini
Binomial name
Phyllotis darwini
(Waterhouse, 1837)

Darwin's leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis darwini) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2]

It has terrestrial habits and is endemic to coastal central and northern Chile. It is also found in the Atacama Desert.

References

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  1. ↑ Patterson, B. & D'Elia, G. (2008). "Phyllotis darwini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2010.4. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 9 Feb 2011.
  2. ↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1162. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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