Loxodontomys micropus is a rodent that is widely distributed in Andean and Patagonian Argentina and Chile. This range covers a heterogeneous area that has been influenced by geologic and palaeoclimatic events, such as the ...

Loxodontomys micropus (Waterhouse, 1837) is a cricetid commonly called the southern pericote. A moderately large, heavy-bodied rodent, it is 1 of the 2 species in the genus Loxodontomys. This cricetid occurs in southern ...

Se presentan nuevos registros en localidades de las provincias de Chubut y Río Negro (Argentina) para los sigmodontinos Abrothrix longipilis, Chelemys macronyx, Notiomys edwardsii y Loxodontomys micropus. Éstos sugieren ...

We report the first record of occurrence of Loxodontomys pikumche Spotorno et al., 1998, in the Central Andes of Argentina. We briefly describe external characters, skull, karyotype, and habitat; also, we provide general ...

We documented terrestrial micromammal assemblages at five localities of southwestern Mendoza province, Argentina. We added new localities for several of the most uncommon small mammal species of this region (e.g. Loxodontomys ...

Se reportan nuevos hallazgos de garrapatas obtenidas de roedores capturados en sitios cercanos a Cholila (42o31'S, 71o27'W), provincia del Chubut (Argentina). Se registraron las siguientes asociaciones parásito-hospedador: ...