Auliscomys Temporal range: Pliocene or Pleistocene to Recent
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Auliscomys pictus, below | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Tribe: | Phyllotini |
Genus: | Auliscomys Thomas, 1906 |
Type species | |
Reithrodon pictus | |
Species | |
Auliscomys boliviensis |
Auliscomys is a genus of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[1] It contains the following species:
- Bolivian big-eared mouse (Auliscomys boliviensis)
- Painted big-eared mouse (Auliscomys pictus)
- Andean big-eared mouse (Auliscomys sublimis)
References
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.