Phyllotis caprinus Pearson 1958

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1161

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11326092
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scientific name	Phyllotis caprinus Pearson 1958
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Phyllotis caprinus Pearson 1958 View in CoL

Phyllotis caprinus Pearson 1958 View in CoL , Univ. California Publ. Zool., 56: 435.

Type Locality: Argentina, Jujuy Prov., Tilcara, 8000 ft (2438 m).

Vernacular Names: Capricorn Pericote.

Distribution: Upper slopes of E Andes, about 2100-3750 m, from SC Bolivia to northernmost Argentina.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Demoted to a subspecies of P. darwini by Hershkovitz (1962), but distributional and morphological evidence substantiates the specific recognition of P. caprinus ( Pearson, 1958) .