Resumen

NOVILLO, Agustina; OJEDA, Agustina  y  OJEDA, Ricardo. Loxodontomys pikumche (Rodentia, Cricetidae): A new species for Argentina. Mastozool. neotrop. [online]. 2009, vol.16, n.1, pp.239-242. ISSN 0327-9383.

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 comparisons with the other known species in the genus, L. micropus.

Palabras clave : Andes; Mendoza; Phyllotini; Sigmodontinae.

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