Tapecomys wolffsohni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Holotype: BMNH 21159, adult ♀, skull and skin.

Type locality: “Tapacari, 3000 m, west of Cochabamba, Cochabamba, Bolivia”.

Phyllotis wolffsohni Thomas, 1902: 131 [original combination]
Phyllotis darwini wolffsohni — Hershkovitz, 1962: 339 [name combination]
Tapecomys wolffsohni — Steppan, Ramirez, Banbury, Huchon, Pacheco, Walker & Spotorno, 2007: 799 [name combination]

Thomas, O. 1902b. On mammals from Cochabamba, Bolivia and the region north of that place. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History ser. 7, 9: 125–143. DOI: 10.1080/00222930208678556 BHL Reference page.
Hershkovitz, P. 1962. Evolution of Neotropical cricetine rodents (Muridae) with special reference to the phyllotine group. Fieldiana: Zoology 46: 1–524. BHL Reference page.
Steppan, S.J., Ramirez, O., Banbury, J., Huchon, D., Pacheco, V., Walker, L.I. & Spotorno, A.E. 2007. A molecular reappraisal of the systematics of the leaf- eared mice Phyllotis and their relatives. Pp. 799–826. In Kelt, D.A., Lessa, E., Salazar-Bravo, J. and Patton, J.L. (Eds.) The quintessential naturalist: Honoring the life and legacy of Oliver P. Pearson. University of California Publications in Zoology 134: v-xii + 1–981. DOI: 10.1525/california/9780520098596.001.0001 Full article (PDF) Reference page.

Salazar-Bravo, J. 2015. Genus Tapecomys S. Anderson and Yates, 2000. Pp. 556-559. In Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D'Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America - vol. 2 Rodentia. University of Chicago Press. 1363p.

Tapecomys wolffsohni in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Tapecomys wolffsohni (Least Concern)

English: Wolffsohn’s Pericote, Wolffsohn's Leaf-eared Mouse