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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Phyllotis
SPECIES Phyllotis definitus
Author: | Osgood, 1915. | Citation: | Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 10: 189. | Common Name: | Ancash Pericote | Type Locality: | Perú, Ancash Dept., Mácate, 9000 ft (2743 m). | Distribution: | Andes of Ancash, Perú. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Included in P. magister by Pearson (1958) and in P. darwini by Hershkovitz (1962) but distinctive karyotype is unlike either of those species (see Pearson, 1972). |
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