Phyllotis wolffsohni Thomas 1902

Phyllotis wolffsohni Thomas 1902, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 9: 131.

Type Locality: Bolivia, Cochabamba Dept., Tapacarí, 9900 ft (3018 m).

Vernacular Names: Wolffsohn's Pericote.

Distribution: Upper E Andean slopes in WC Bolivia, 1300-3875 m (see Anderson, 1997:Fig. 750).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Hershkovitz (1962) synonymized wolffsohni as a subspecies of P. darwini, a relationship at variance with morphological and karyotypic information (Pearson, 1958; Pearson and Patton, 1976).