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

Loxodontomys pikumche Spotorno, Cofre, Manriquez, Vilina, Marquet, and Walker 1998, Rev. Chilena Hist. Nat., 71: 362.

Type Locality: Chile, Region Metropolitana, Cajón del Río Maipo, Cruz de Piedra, 55 km S de la Central Hidroelectrica de Las Melosas, 2450 m; 34º10′S, 69º58′W.

Vernacular Names: Pikumche Pericote.

Distribution: C Chile; limits unknown.

Discussion: Northern sister species to L. micropus and allopatric with it as so far known, the two differing in chromosomal and morphological traits (Spotorno et al., 1998).