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Loxodontomys micropus (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
Fecha
2009-07Registro en:
Teta, Pablo Vicente; Pardiñas, Ulises Francisco J.; Udrizar Sauthier, Daniel Edgardo; D'elía, Guillermo; Loxodontomys micropus (Rodentia: Cricetidae); Oxford University Press; Mammalian Species; 837; 7-2009; 1-11
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Autor
Teta, Pablo Vicente
Pardiñas, Ulises Francisco J.
Udrizar Sauthier, Daniel Edgardo
D'elía, Guillermo
Resumen
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 Chile and southwestern Argentina. It prefers humid, dense grasslands, meadows, shrubby steppes, and mixed or open-canopied Nothofagus forests. L. micropus is categorized as of least concern.