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Phyllotis xanthopygus (yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The yellow-rumped leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis xanthopygus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is the most widespread member of the genus, being found in or near the Andes of Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru, from sea level to 5,000 m.
View Wikipedia Record: Phyllotis xanthopygus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
12
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.75
EDGE Score: 1.56
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  58 grams
Diet [2]  Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Plants [2]  60 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  40 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [3]  57 days
Gestation [3]  34 days
Litter Size [3]  4
Maximum Longevity [3]  4 years
Snout to Vent Length [3]  6 inches (14 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bosques Petrificados Monumental Natural National Monument III 151218 Santa Cruz, Argentina  
Laguna Blanca National Park II 19735 Neuquen, Argentina  
Lanín National Park II 536819 Neuquen, Argentina
Nahuel Huapi National Park II 759703 Argentina  
Perito Moreno National Park II 234320 Santa Cruz, Argentina  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Chile No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

Predators

Leopardus pajeros (Pampas cat)[4]

Consumers

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Phyllotis xanthopygus, Kristin M. Kramer, J. Adrian Monjeau, Elmer C. Birney, and Robert S. Sikes, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 617, pp. 1-7 (1999)
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 4GARCIA ESPONDA, César M. et al. Microvertebrados depredados por Leopardus pajeros (Carnivora: Felidae) en el sur de la Provincia de Mendoza, Argentina. Mastozool. neotrop. 2009, vol.16, n.2, pp. 455-457.
♦ 5International Flea Database
♦ 6Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0