Haggard's Leaf-eared Mouse
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Haggard's leaf-eared mouse (''Phyllotis haggardi'') is a species of
rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
in the family
Cricetidae The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At over 870 species, it is either the largest or second-largest family ...
. It is found only in
Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
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References

* Baillie, J. 1996.
Phyllotis haggardi

2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Downloaded on 9 July 2007. *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. Phyllotis Mammals of Ecuador Mammals described in 1908 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Endemic fauna of Ecuador {{Phyllotis-stub