Yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse
| Yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Phyllotini |
| Genus: | Phyllotis |
| Species: | P. xanthopygus |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllotis xanthopygus (Waterhouse, 1837) | |
The yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis xanthopygus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the most widespread member of the genus, being found in or near the Andes of Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru, from sea level to 5,000 m.
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Phyllotis xanthopygus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
- 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.
- Steppan, S. J. 1996. Phyllotis xanthopygus. Tree of Life. Downloaded on August 17, 2010.
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