Phyllotis Waterhouse 1837

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1160

Phyllotis Waterhouse 1837

Phyllotis Waterhouse 1837 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837: 27.

Type Species: Mus darwini Waterhouse 1837

Species and subspecies: 13 species:

Species Phyllotis amicus Thomas 1900

Species Phyllotis andium Thomas 1912

Species Phyllotis bonariensis Crespo 1964

Species Phyllotis caprinus Pearson 1958

Species Phyllotis darwini Waterhouse 1837

Species Phyllotis definitus Osgood 1915

Species Phyllotis haggardi Thomas 1908

Species Phyllotis limatus Thomas 1912

Species Phyllotis magister Thomas 1912

Species Phyllotis osgoodi Mann 1945

Species Phyllotis osilae J. A. Allen 1901

Species Phyllotis wolffsohni Thomas 1902

Species Phyllotis xanthopygus Waterhouse 1837

Discussion: Phyllotini . Pearson (1958) utilized Auliscomys , Graomys , and Loxodontomys as distinctive subgenera, whereas Hershkovitz (1962) placed all three, plus Paralomys , in complete synonymy—see respective accounts for their reinstatement as genera. Full generic revisions initiated by Pearson (1958) and Hershkovitz (1962), followed by extensive refinement of species definitions and distributions as a result of multifaceted research over the past 25 years—see especially Pearson (1972), Pearson and Patton (1976), Spotorno (1976), Spotorno and Walker (1983), Walker et al. (1984), and Steppan (1998). Steppan (1998) discussed alternative interpretations of interspecific relationships and patterns of historical biogeography within the genus.