Loxodontomys Osgood 1947

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1123

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scientific name	Loxodontomys Osgood 1947
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Loxodontomys Osgood 1947 , J. Mammal., 28: 172.

Type Species: Mus micropus Waterhouse 1837

Species and subspecies: 2 species:

Species Loxodontomys micropus (Waterhouse 1837)

Species Loxodontomys pikumche Spotorno, Cofre, Manriquez, Vilina, Marquet, and Walker 1998

Discussion: Phyllotini . Diagnosed as a subgenus of Phyllotis and maintained at that rank ( Pearson, 1958) or as a full synonym ( Hershkovitz, 1962). Transferred to Auliscomys , employed as a genus, by Simonetti and Spotorno (1980). Based on morphological studies, however, the species do not cladistically nest within Auliscomys or Phyllotis proper but instead are associated with a clade containing Reithrodon and variably other genera ( Braun, 1993; Spotorno et al., 1998; Steppan, 1993, 1995).