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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Phyllotis
SPECIES Phyllotis caprinus
| Author: | Pearson, 1958. | | Citation: | Univ. California Publ. Zool., 56: 435. | | Common Name: | Capricorn Pericote | | Type Locality: | Argentina, Jujuy Prov., Tilcara, 8000 ft (2438 m). | | Distribution: | Upper slopes of E Andes, about 2100-3750 m, from SC Bolivia to northernmost Argentina. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Demoted to a subspecies of P. darwini by Hershkovitz (1962), but distributional and morphological evidence substantiates the specific recognition of P. caprinus (Pearson, 1958). |
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