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--> GENUS Phyllotis
SPECIES Phyllotis xanthopygus
Author: | Waterhouse, 1837. | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837: 28. | Common Name: | Yellow-rumped Pericote | Type Locality: | Argentina, Santa Cruz Prov., coast of Santa Cruz. | Distribution: | WC Perú, in and along the Andes to Santa Cruz Prov., S Argentina, and adjacent Magallanes Prov., S Chile; latitudinal (15-51ºS) and altitudinal ranges (sea level-5600 m) exceptional as currently defined (see Kramer et al., 1999:Fig. 3, for extent of geographic races). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Viewed as a geographic race of P. darwini by Pearson (1958), Cabrera (1961), and Hershkovitz (1962). Morphometric, electrophoretic, karyotypic, and molecular differentiation supports the specific recognition of P. xanthopygus (Spotorno and Walker, 1983; Steppan, 1998; Walker et al., 1984); genetic diversity among and within isolated Patagonian demes examined by Kim et al. (1998), who postulated the early Pleistocene origin of haplotype lineages and highlighted the vicariant influence of the Río Chubut. Steppan (1998) noted the need for continued systematic examination of the populations now assigned to the highly variable xanthopygus: e.g., chilensis is sometimes treated as a species (Anderson, 1997); rupestris and vaccarum (Spotorno et al., 2001) appear distinct from xanthopygus in phylogenetic analysis of abbreviated cytochrome b sequences (Spotorno et al., 2001); xanthopygus paraphyletic with respect to P. limatus in broader molecular survey of nominal subspecies (Kuch et al., 2002). See Kramer et al. (1999, Mammalian Species, 617). |
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abrocodon Thomas, 1926 arenarius Thomas, 1902 capito (Philippi, 1860) chilensis Mann, 1945 glirinus (Philippi, 1896) lanatus (Philippi, 1896) oreigenus Cabrera, 1926 posticalis Thomas, 1912 ricardulus Thomas, 1919 rupestris (Gervais, 1841) vaccarum Thomas, 1912 wolffhuegeli Mann, 1944
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