Loxodontomys Osgood 1947

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).