---
title: "Liściouch Darwina"
description: "Phyllotis darwinii — Ssaki. Darwin's leaf-eared mouse (Phyllotis darwini) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/darwin-s-leaf-eared-mouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Liściouch Darwina

> Phyllotis darwinii — Ssaki. Darwin's leaf-eared mouse  (Phyllotis darwini) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.

- Scientific name: *Phyllotis darwinii*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 129
- Wikidata: [Q1768463](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1768463)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44722](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44722)

## Names

- en: Darwin's Leaf-eared Mouse
- de: Darwin-Blattohrmaus
- es: Ratón orejudo de Darwin
- fr: Phyllotis darwini
- it: Phyllotis darwini
- nl: Phyllotis darwini
- pt: Phyllotis darwini
- pl: Liściouch Darwina

## Countries with the most observations

CL (87)

## Summary

Darwin's leaf-eared mouse  (Phyllotis darwini) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It has terrestrial habits and is endemic to coastal central and northern Chile. It is also found in the 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 utilizes the varying degrees of moonlight to determine predation risk and will often alter foraging habits in favor of avoiding predators.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%27s_leaf-eared_mouse

## Photo

![Liściouch Darwina](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/darwin-s-leaf-eared-mouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: George Robert Waterhouse, William Dickes? · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phyllotis_darwini.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/darwin-s-leaf-eared-mouse?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).