Loxodontomys micropus (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
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, s...
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| Format: | article |
| Status: | Published version |
| Publication Date: | 2009 |
| Country: | Argentina |
| Institution: | Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas |
| Repository: | CONICET Digital (CONICET) |
| Language: | English |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/95829 |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11336/95829 |
| Access Level: | Open access |
| Keyword: | ARGENTINA CHILE CRICETID PHYLLOTINI RODENT SIGMODONTINAE SOUTHERN PERICOTE https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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