Darwin's leaf-eared mouse
Appearance
Darwin's leaf-eared mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Phyllotis |
Species: | P. darwini
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Binomial name | |
Phyllotis darwini (Waterhouse, 1837)
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(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. Members of the species have been found in the Llanos de Challe national park of the Atacama desert.
References
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- ^ Template:IUCN2010.4
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). 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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