Gerbil leaf-eared mouse (Redirected from Paralomys gerbillus)

Gerbil leaf-eared mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Phyllotis
Species:
P. gerbillus
Binomial name
Phyllotis gerbillus
(Thomas, 1900)

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 a Phyllotis clade, which contains amicus, andium, and gerbellius while wolffsohni belonged to Tapecomys. [2] Measurements of P. gerbillus was as followed of 35 adults. Adult size is 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]


Taxonomy


References

  1. ^ Zeballos, H. & Vivar, E. (2016). "Phyllotis gerbillus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T17226A22333354. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T17226A22333354.en. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
  2. ^ 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, ISBN 9780520098596, retrieved 2019-09-30
  3. ^ 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.
  • Baillie, J. 1996. Phyllotis gerbillus. 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.



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