Pikumche pericote

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Pikumche pericote
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Loxodontomys
Species:
L. pikumche
Binomial name
Loxodontomys pikumche
Spotorno, Cofre, Vilina, Marquet & Walker, 1998

The Pikumche pericote (Loxodontomys pikumche) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. [2] It is known only from central Chile, where its range includes xeric shrublands (the matorral). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 D'Elia, G.; Pardinas, U.; Teta, P. (2017). "Loxodontomys pikumche". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T29434A22367655. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T29434A22367655.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Loxodontomys pikumche". 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.