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. 1 2 D'Elia, G., Pardinas, U. & Teta, P. (2008). Loxodontomys pikumche. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 16 April 2009.
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