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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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).