Gray leaf-eared mouse

The gray leaf-eared mouse (Graomys griseoflavus) is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay; its habitat includes the Gran Chaco.[1]

Gray leaf-eared mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Graomys
Species:
G. griseoflavus
Binomial name
Graomys griseoflavus
Synonyms[2]

Mus griseo-flavus
Phyllotis griseo-flavus

This is a variable and widely distributed species that can be found in many habitat types. It is considered to be a species complex, and some populations might be considered separate species.[3] [4] Genus Graomys contains species once considered to be part of the complex.[5]

Notes
  1. Pardinas, U.; D'Elia, G.; Jayat, J.P. & Teta, P. (2008). "Graomys griseoflavus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Tate, G. H. H. The taxonomic history of the South American cricetid genera Euneomys (subgenera Euneomys and Galenomys), Auliscomys, Chelemyscus, Chinchillula, Phyllotis, Paralomys, Graomys, Eligmodontia and Hesperomys. American Museum Novitates No. 541. 16 June 1932. Page 5
  3. Theiler, G. R. and A. Blanco. Patterns of evolution in Graomys griseoflavus (Rodentia: Muridae): II. Reproductive isolation between cytotypes. Journal of Mammalogy 77:3, August 1996.
  4. Ramirez, P. B., et al. Geographic variation in genome size of Graomys griseoflavus (Rodentia: Muridae). Journal of Mammalogy 82:1, February 2001.
  5. Ferro, L. I. and J. J. Martínez. Molecular and morphometric evidence validates a Chacoan species of the grey leaf-eared mice genus Graomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). Mammalia 73:3 265-71. September 2009.

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