Species of rodent
The gerbil leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis gerbillus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is found only in Peru.
It has been discovered that P. amicus and P. gerbillius are closely related as sister species. However, P. gerbilllius belongs to the clade Phyllotis, which contains amicus, andium, and gerbellius while wolffsohni belongs to Tapecomys. [2] Measurements of 35 P. gerbillus adults were as follows; total length of 83.2 ± 0.72 (77-96 in ); tail 78.1 ± 1.13 (62-90 in); greatest length of skull, 23.44 ± 0.09 (22.2 - 24.5 in); zygomatic breadth, 12.32 ± 0.04 (11.7 -13.0 in) and weight, 17.37 ± 0.50 (14-25). This data excluded pregnant females.[3]
References
- ^ Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E. (2016). "Phyllotis gerbillus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T17226A22333354. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T17226A22333354.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Steppan, Scott J.; Ramirez, O.; Banbury, Jenner; Huchon, Dorothée; Pacheco, Víctor; Walker, Laura I.; Spotorno, Angel E. (2007-07-31), "A Molecular Reappraisal of the Systematics of the Leaf-Eared Mice Phyllotis and their RelativesUna Re-Evaluacion Molecular De La Sistematica Del Genero Phyllotis Y Sus Grupos Hermanos", The Quintessential NaturalistHonoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson, University of California Press, pp. 799–826, doi:10.1525/california/9780520098596.003.0023, ISBN 9780520098596
- ^ Pearson, Oliver P. (1972). "New Information on Ranges and Relationships within the Rodent Genus Phyllotis in Peru and Ecuador". Journal of Mammalogy. 53 (4): 677–686. doi:10.2307/1379206. ISSN 0022-2372. JSTOR 1379206.
- 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.
