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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Loxodontomys
SPECIES Loxodontomys pikumche
| Author: | Spotorno, Cofre, Manriquez, Vilina, Marquet, and Walker, 1998. | | Citation: | Rev. Chilena Hist. Nat., 71: 362. | | Common Name: | Pikumche Pericote | | Type Locality: | Chile, Region Metropolitana, Cajón del Río Maipo, Cruz de Piedra, 55 km S de la Central Hidroelectrica de Las Melosas, 2450 m; 34º10′S, 69º58′W. | | Distribution: | C Chile; limits unknown. | | Comments: | Northern sister species to L. micropus and allopatric with it as so far known, the two differing in chromosomal and morphological traits (Spotorno et al., 1998). |
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