Auliscomys Osgood 1915 (rodent)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: W. H. Osgood. 1915. New Mammals from Brazil and Peru. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series X(13):187-198
Parent taxon: Phyllotini according to G. D'Elía 2003
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Osgood 1915
Sister taxa: Calomys, Eligmodontia, Graomys, Kraglievichimys, Loxodontomys, Neotomys, Pardinamys, Phyllotis, Tafimys
Subtaxa: Auliscomys fuscus Auliscomys osvaldoreigi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Playa Santa Isabel y Punta San Andrés (Pliocene of Argentina)
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