Pikumche pericote
| Pikumche pericote | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| 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. It is known only from central Chile, where its range includes xeric shrublands (the matorral).[1]
References
- 1 2 D'Elia, G.; Pardinas, U. & Teta, P. (2008). "Loxodontomys pikumche". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
- 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.
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