Octomys mimax Thomas, 1920

Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 771-806 : 788

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7279339

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scientific name

Octomys mimax Thomas, 1920
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Octomys mimax Thomas, 1920 View in CoL . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 6:118.

TYPE LOCALITY: Argentina, Catamarca Prov., La Puntilia .

DISTRIBUTION: Foothills and lower montane slopes of the Andes, and portions of the Monte desert of Catamarca, La Rioja, San Juan, and N Mendoza Provs. ( Argentina).

SYNONYMS: joannius.

COMMENTS: Occurs at high elevations in Andes, and is similar in habits to the North American Woodrat ( Redford and Eisenberg, 1992).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

Family

Octodontidae

Genus

Octomys

Loc

Octomys mimax Thomas, 1920

Charles A. Woods 1993
1993
Loc

Octomys mimax

Thomas 1920: 118
1920
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