Andean rat

Andean rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Lenoxus
Thomas, 1909
Species:
L. apicalis
Binomial name
Lenoxus apicalis
Synonyms
  • Oxymycterus apicalis J.A. Allen, 1900[2]

The Andean rat (Lenoxus apicalis), or white-tailed akodont,[2] is the only species in the genus Lenoxus. It is a rodent in the tribe Akodontini found on the eastern slopes of the Andes of eastern Peru and western Bolivia. Examination of its genome shows that this species is not closely related to Oxymycterus as had previously been thought, but is quite distinct, having diverged from the other Akodontini soon after the basal radiation of the entire group.[3]

  1. ^ a b Dunnum, J.; Bernal, N.; Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E. (2016). "Lenoxus apicalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T11500A22359324. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T11500A22359324.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Patton was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Patton, J.L.; Myers, P.; Smith, Margaret F. (1989). "Electromorphic variation in selected South American akodontine rodents (Muridae: Sigmodontinae), with comments on systematic implications" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde. 54: 347–359.