Ototylomys phyllotis

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: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Holotype: USNM 108099, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Tunkas, Yucatan”, Mexico.

Merriam, C.H. 1901. Seven new mammals from Mexico, including a new genus of rodents. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences 3: 559–563. BHL

Lawlor, T.E. 1969. A systematic study of the rodent genus Ototylomys. Journal of Mammalogy 50(1): 28–42. DOI: 10.2307/1378627

Ototylomys phyllotis 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.
Reid, F. & Timm, R. 2016. IUCN: Ototylomys phyllotis (Least Concern). (errata version published in 2017) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T15666A115129272. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T15666A22356249.en

English: Big-eared Climbing Rat