Phyllotis xanthopygus (rodent)
Mass: 55.6 g based on Diaz and Ojeda 1999, Figueroa Rojas et al. 2003, and Kelt 1994
Abundance: 1.62 to 33.33% (median 4.19%)
Latitudinal range: -47.7° to -22.4°Habitats: desert/xeric shrubland (7), temperate savanna (3)
Found in 10 samples
Argentina: Sierras de Tecka, Estancia La Mimosa, Arroyo Pescado, Mendoza (undisturbed thicket), Parque Nacional Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo (cañadón), Parque Nacional Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo (estepa arbustiva), Parque Nacional Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo (estepa subarbustiva), Parque Nacional Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo (Tyto alba), Parque Nacional Bosques Petrificados de Jaramillo (Bubo magellanicus)
Chile: Atacama Desert (Puna biome)
Size measurements:
body mass | 44.00 g | N = 3 | Diaz and Ojeda 1999 |
body mass | 55.4 g | N = 1 | Figueroa Rojas et al. 2003 |
body mass | 57.57 g | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
♀ condyloincisive length | 28.1 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
♂ condyloincisive length | 31.7 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
♀ ear length | 27 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
♂ ear length | 27 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
ear length | 25.45 mm | N = 19 | Kelt 1994 |
ear length | 26 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
♂ front foot length | 28 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
♀ head and body length | 117 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
♂ head and body length | 130 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
head and body length | 125 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
♀ hind foot length | 25 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
hind foot length | 29.18 mm | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
hind foot length | 30 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
lower tooth row length | 5.73 mm | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
♀ skull length | 30.7 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
♂ skull length | 34 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
skull length | 31.39 mm | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
♂ skull width | 17.5 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
skull width | 15.99 mm | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
♀ tail length | 122 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
♂ tail length | 140 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
tail length | 120.40 mm | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
tail length | 135 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
total body length | 241.60 mm | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
♀ upper tooth row length | 5.3 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
♂ upper tooth row length | 5.8 mm | N = 1 | Thomas 1912 |
upper tooth row length | 5.46 mm | N = 20 | Kelt 1994 |
See also Phyllotis, Phyllotis darwini, Phyllotis haggardi, Phyllotis sp.