Andean rat
Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Lenoxus
Thomas, 1909
Species:
L. apicalis
Binomial name
Lenoxus apicalis
(J.A. Allen, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Oxymycterus apicalis, J.A. Allen, 1900
  • Lenoxus apicalis, Thomas, 1909

The Andean rat (Lenoxus apicalis) 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.


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