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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Tylomyinae
--> GENUS Ototylomys
SPECIES Ototylomys phyllotis
Author: | Merriam, 1901. | Citation: | Proc. Wash. Acad. Sci., 3: 562. | Common Name: | Big-eared Climbing Rat | Type Locality: | Mexico, Yucatán, Tunkás. | Distribution: | C Costa Rica north to Yucatán Peninsula, S Tabasco, and N Chiapas, Mexico; isolated record from NC Guerrero, Mexico. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Distribution and geographic variation examined by Lawlor (1969), who retained australis and connectens as subspecies. See Lawlor (1982, Mammalian Species, 181). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
affinis Laurie, 1953 australis Osgood, 1931 brevirostris Laurie, 1953 connectens Sanborn, 1935 fumeus J. A. Allen, 1908 guatemalae Thomas, 1909 phaeus Merriam, 1901
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