Loxodontomys
Appearance
Loxodontomys Temporal range:
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L. micropus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Tribe: | Phyllotini |
Genus: | Loxodontomys Osgood, 1947 |
Type species | |
Mus micropus Waterhouse, 1837
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Species | |
Loxodontomys is a genus of South American rodents in the tribe Phyllotini of family Cricetidae. Two species are known, found in Argentina and Chile.[1] They are as follows:
- Southern big-eared mouse (Loxodontomys micropus)
- Pikumche pericote (Loxodontomys pikumche)
References
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1123. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.