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Pikumche pericote

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Pikumche pericote
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L. pikumche
Binomial name
Loxodontomys pikumche
Spotorno, Cofre, Vilina, Marquet & Walker, 1998

The Pikumche pericote (Loxodontomys pikumche) is a species of rodents in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from central Chile, where its range includes xeric shrublands (the matorral).[1]

References

  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.