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Phyllotis magister Thomas, 1912. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 10:406. TYPE LOCALITY: Peru, Arequipa Dept., Arequipa, 2300 m. DISTRIBUTION: Andes of S. Peru and N. Chile. COMMENT: Formerly included definitus; see Pearson, 1972, J. Mammal., 53:680-682. Hershkovitz, 1962, Fieldiana Zool., 46:288, included magister in darwini, but see Pearson, 1972, J. Mammal., 53:682, and Pearson and Patton, 1976, J. Mammal., 57:339, 346, who considered magister a distinct species. Reported from N. Chile by Spotorno, 1976, An. Mus. Hist. Nat. Valparaiso, 9: 141- 161, and Pine et al., 1979, Mammalia, 43:355.

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 457, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031