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Narrow-nasal Leaf-eared Mouse

Phyllotis stenops

French: Phyllotis du Maranon / German: Schmalnasen-Blattohrmaus / Spanish: Raton orejudo de hocico estrecho

Taxonomy. Phyllotis andium stenops Osgood, 1914, “Rio Utcubamba, 15 miles [= 24 km] above Chachapoyas, [Amazonas] Peru.”

Phyllotis stenops was recently resurrected in a revision of P andium; it includes the nominal form P. tamborum with type locality also in Amazonas Department, Peru. Monotypic.

Distribution. E Rio Maranon, NC Peru.

Descriptive notes. Head-body 106 mm, tail 121-134 mm, ear (dry) 18-5 mm, hindfoot 24-26 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. Dorsal pelage of the Narrow-nasal Leaf-eared Mouse is dense, long (average 13 mm over rump), and rich brown with base dark gray. Venter is whitish, with short gray basal band and white distal band; pectoral streak is barely conspicuous. Ears are comparatively short. Orbicular ring is absent. Mystacial vibrissae reach posterior borders of ears when bent backward. Dorsal surface of manusis covered with fine white hair, and ungual tufts are not very dense. Metacarpal patch is absent. Pesis slender and elongates, with white hair on dorsal surface and scarce ungual tuft, and heel is furred. Hypothenar is smaller than thenar, but both are separated by a gap. Tail is distinctly longer than head-body length (c.127 mm), furred, and bicolored, dark above and pale neutral gray below.

Habitat. Dry and montane forests at elevation of 1289-2423 m.

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List as a separate species from the Andean Leaf-eared Mouse ( P. andium), which is classified as Least Concern.

Bibliography. Osgood (1914b), Rengifo & Pacheco (2015).