Auliscomys Osgood, 1915 . Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ. Zool. Ser., 10: 190.

REVIEWED BY: M. D. Carleton (MDC); A. Langguth (AL); O. P. Pearson (OPP); J. J. Pizzimenti (JJP); C. J. Terry (CJT); D. F. Williams (DFW).

COMMENT: Revised by Hershkovitz, 1962, Fieldiana ZooL, 46:408- 524, who included Auliscomys in Phyllotis as a subgenus; Pearson and Patton, 1976, J. Mammal., 57:341, 346, Spotorno, 1976, An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Valparaiso, 9: 141-161, and Reig, 1978, Publ. Mus. Munic. Cienc. Nat. Mar del Plata "Lorenzo Scaglia," 2(8): 176-180, considered Auliscomys a distinct genus as did Simonetti and Spotorno, 1980, An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Valparaiso, 13: 285-297, who compared karyotypes and morphometries of Andinomys, Auliscomys, and Phyllotis . JJP considers Auliscomys a subgenus of Phyllotis; MDC and OPP consider Auliscomys a distinct genus. Subfamily Hesperomyinae; see comment under Cricetidae .