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{{Short description|Species of rodent}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Phyllotis darwini.jpg
| status_system = IUCN3.1
|status_ref = <ref name = IUCN>{{cite iucn |author=D'elia, G. |year=2016 |title=''Phyllotis darwini'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T17224A22341324 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T17224A22341324.en |access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Phyllotis
| species = darwini
| authority = (Waterhouse, 1837)
| synonyms = 
|status=LC 
}}

'''Darwin's leaf-eared mouse'''  ('''''Phyllotis darwini''''') is a species of [[Biology:Rodent|rodent]] in the family [[Biology:Cricetidae|Cricetidae]].<ref name = MSW3>{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13000856 | page = 1162}}</ref>

It has terrestrial habits and is endemic to coastal central and northern {{wipe|Chile}}. It is also found in the [[Earth:Atacama Desert|Atacama Desert]]. Members of the species have been found in the Llanos de Challe national park of the Atacama Desert. As a nocturnal rodent, ''P. darwini'' utilize the varying degrees of moonlight to determine predation risk and will often alter foraging habits in favor of avoiding predators.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Vásquez |first=Rodrigo A. |date=1994 |title=Assessment of predation risk via illumination level: facultative central place foraging in the cricetid rodent Phyllotis darwini |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/BF00197008 |journal=Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology |language=en |volume=34 |issue=5 |pages=375–381 |doi=10.1007/BF00197008 |s2cid=26005620 |issn=0340-5443}}</ref>

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