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GENUS Loxodontomys
Author: | Osgood, 1947. | Citation: | J. Mamm., 28: 172. | Type Species: | Mus micropus Waterhouse, 1837. | Comments: | Phyllotini. Diagnosed as a subgenus of Phyllotis and maintained at that rank (Pearson, 1958) or as a full synonym (Hershkovitz, 1962). Transferred to Auliscomys, employed as a genus, by Simonetti and Spotorno (1980). Based on morphological studies, however, the species do not cladistically nest within Auliscomys or Phyllotis proper but instead are associated with a clade containing Reithrodon and variably other genera (Braun, 1993; Spotorno et al., 1998; Steppan, 1993, 1995). |
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