A new species of Phyllotis (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from Tucumán province, Argentina
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- 作者：Luis Ignacio Ferro ; Juan José ; Martí ; nez ; Rubé ; n M. Barquez
- 关键词：Rodents ; Yungas Forests ; Aconquija range ; Campo de los Alisos National Park ; Taxonomy
- 刊名：Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde
- 出版年：2010
- 出版时间：November 2010
- 年：2010
- 卷：75
- 期：6
- 页码：523-537
- 全文大小：1469 K
文摘
A new species of rodent of the genus Phyllotis is described based in cranial and external morphology, as well as morphometric data. Additionally, sequences of the mitochondrial gene cytochrome-b were used to asses the phylogenetic relationships. We have compared our specimens with all the extant species of the genus Phyllotis and also with some species of related genera, particularly with the most similar and with those that occur in the province of Tucumán and northwestern Argentina. The new species is large compared to the average size of the genus, and can be easily distinguished from all other species essentially by coloration and by cranial morphology. It is closely related to the recently described P. anitae, and these two species are, in turn, sister to P. osilae. The only two localities where the new species has been found are in the Upper Montane Forests of the southern portion of the Yungas Ecoregion, in the province of Tucumán, Argentina.