Pablo Teta, Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas, Daniel E. Udrizar Sauthier, Guillermo D'ElÍa
Mammalian Species 2009 (837), 1-11, (27 July 2009) https://doi.org/10.1644/837.1
KEYWORDS: Argentina, Chile, cricetid, Patagonia, Phyllotini, rodent, Sigmodontinae, southern pericote
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.