Gray leaf-eared mouse
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| Gray leaf-eared mouse | |
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| File:Mus griseo-flavus (BM 1931,0213.1351).jpg | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Graomys |
| Species: | G. griseoflavus
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| Binomial name | |
| Graomys griseoflavus Waterhouse, 1837
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Mus griseo-flavus | |
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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]
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
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- ^ 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ramirez, P. B., et al. Geographic variation in genome size of Graomys griseoflavus (Rodentia: Muridae). Journal of Mammalogy 82:1, February 2001.
- ^ 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.
References
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