Biology:Darwin's leaf-eared mouse

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Short description: Species of rodent

Darwin's leaf-eared mouse
Phyllotis darwini.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Phyllotis
Species:
P. darwini
Binomial name
Phyllotis darwini
(Waterhouse, 1837)

Darwin's leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis darwini) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2]

It has terrestrial habits and is endemic to coastal central and northern Chile . It is also found in the Atacama Desert. Members of the species have been found in the Llanos de Challe national park of the Atacama Desert. As a nocturnal rodent, P. darwini utilize the varying degrees of moonlight to determine predation risk and will often alter foraging habits in favor of avoiding predators.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1768463 entry