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Bunchgrass leaf-eared mouse

species of mammal

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 29, 2025
Entity authorityQ1764437 ↗
Source-derived summary

The bunchgrass leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis osilae) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru.

References

Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Bunchgrass leaf-eared mouse” as species of mammal. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2005, 1531—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Bunchgrass, leaf-eared and mouse can be independently traced.
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Why this record matters

The subject matters to the science & nature register because the source frames it as species of mammal. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 29, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q1764437. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2005 and 1531.

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Scientific names, classifications and consensus can change while older terminology persists in catalogues and historical literature. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Bunchgrass leaf-eared mouse” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.