Loxodontomys
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Genus of rodents
| Loxodontomys | |
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| L. micropus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Phyllotini |
| Genus: | Loxodontomys Osgood, 1947 |
| Type species | |
| Mus micropus Waterhouse, 1837 | |
| Species | |
Loxodontomys is a genus of South American rodents in the tribe Phyllotini of family Cricetidae. Two species are known, found in Argentina and Chile.[1] They are as follows:
- Southern big-eared mouse (Loxodontomys micropus)
- Pikumche pericote (Loxodontomys pikumche)
- ↑ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". 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.
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