Lenoxus apicalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Lenoxus
Species: Lenoxus apicalis

Name

• Lenoxus apicalis (J. A. Allen 1900)

Holotype:

Type locality: “Juliaca, Peru, altitude 6000 feet,” corrected to “Inca Mines [= Santo Domingo Mine], about 200 miles northeast of Juliaca, on the east side of the Andes, on the Inambary River [Río Inambarí],” Puno, Peru, by J. A. Allen (1901: 41).

Combinations

• Oxymycterus apicalis J. A. Allen, 1900: 224 [original combination]
• Lenoxus apicalis: Thomas, 1909: 236 [name combination]

References

Primary references

• Allen, J.A. 1900. On mammals collected in southeastern Peru, by H. H. Keays, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 13: 219–227.
• Thomas, O. 1909. Notes on some South American mammals, with descriptions of new species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 8 4: 230–242.

Links

• Lenoxus apicalis in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Lenoxus apicalis  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Andean Rat