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Pikumche pericote | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Loxodontomys |
Species: | L. pikumche
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Binomial name | |
Loxodontomys pikumche Spotorno, Cofre, Vilina, Marquet & Walker, 1998
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The Pikumche pericote (Loxodontomys pikumche) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is known only from central Chile, where its range includes xeric shrublands (the matorral).[1]