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nearly white. The tail, which ends in a slight pencil, is dark brown, with a somewhat lighter area present on the ventral side in some individuals. The total length is 270 to 326 millimetres (10.63 to 12.83 in), averaging 280 millimetres (11.02 in), the tail length is 162 to 196 millimetres (6.38 to 7.72 in), averaging 165 millimetres (6.50 in), the hindfoot length is 28 to 32 millimetres (1.10 to 1.26 in), averaging 30 millimetres (1.18 in), the ear length is 20 to 25 millimetres (0.79 to 0.98 in), averaging 22 millimetres (0.87 in), and weight is 40 to 59 grams (1.4 to 2.1 oz), averaging 42 grams (1.5 oz). The
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lives mainly in trees, but has also been caught on the ground. It climbs by moving both forefeet and both hindfeet alternately. It is docile, but will not readily enter a trap. The breeding season is in the
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on Chiloé and nearby islands, on the basis of slight differences in pelage coloration. In the few mature specimens of the latter subspecies that Osgood had, the underparts are somewhat lighter than in examples of
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Patterson, B.D. 2006. On the sigmodontine radiation (Rodentia, Cricetidae): An appraisal of the phylogenetic position of
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trees. It does not occur on high elevations. It was a common species during a population peak of small rodents evidently caused by the flowering of
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vegetation at a small stream near the southern limit of its distribution and it is also found in unforested steppe habitat with scattered
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Chilean tree mouse,
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with transverse ridges, divided by deep valleys, which are connected by a transverse ridge along the midline of the molars.
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1175:Wikispecies
772:materials.
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566:chromosomes
552:Description
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330:World War I
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147:Subfamily:
1389:Phyllotini
1368:Categories
791:References
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578:Rhipidomys
479:morphology
467:Phyllotini
433:subspecies
395:Mus mochae
334:Phyllotini
161:Phyllotini
141:Cricetidae
722:predators
718:Tyto alba
599:hypsodont
568:, with a
562:karyotype
488:Andinomys
475:cladistic
463:Phyllotis
458:Phyllotis
404:Abrothrix
353:In 1900,
290:Argentina
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91:Eukaryota
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1247:10228945
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1042:Deltamys
1035:Rhagomys
781:Irenomys
765:Irenomys
714:barn owl
690:Irenomys
627:riparian
595:incisors
557:Irenomys
527:Euneomys
521:Sigmodon
515:Scolomys
510:Irenomys
483:Irenomys
471:Irenomys
453:Irenomys
409:Irenomys
399:Irenomys
383:Irenomys
349:Taxonomy
313:Irenomys
294:incisors
227:Synonyms
218:Philippi
172:Irenomys
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131:Rodentia
121:Mammalia
111:Chordata
107:Phylum:
101:Animalia
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64:IUCN 3.1
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1286:1002483
1221:2439210
1208:1179914
1166:Q301642
712:), and
696:of the
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538:all as
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371:Chiloé
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298:molars
282:rodent
254:Osgood
180:, 1919
178:Thomas
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1242:IRMNG
1234:45014
1195:3PYKM
637:quila
385:, by
326:peace
308:genus
286:Chile
276:, or
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1268:IUCN
1255:ITIS
1216:GBIF
1084:ISBN
682:and
506:IRBP
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