Definitive leaf-eared mouse

Definitive leaf-eared mouse
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Phyllotis
Species:	P. definitus
Binomial name
	Phyllotis definitus; Osgood, 1915

Last updated October 02, 2025

The definitive leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis definitus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in west central Peru, in rocky and shrub-covered areas at elevations between 2600 and 3000 m.^[1]

References

1 2 Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E. (2018). "Phyllotis definitus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T17225A22341847. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T17225A22341847.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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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[iucn_status_15_November_2021-1] 1 2 Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E. (2018). "Phyllotis definitus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018 e.T17225A22341847. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T17225A22341847.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.

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Definitive leaf-eared mouse
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Phyllotis
Species:	P. definitus
Binomial name
*Phyllotis definitus* Osgood, 1915