Pikumche pericote
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Species: | L. pikumche
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Loxodontomys pikumche Spotorno, Cofre, Vilina, Marquet & Walker, 1998
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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.