Octomys mimax Thomas, 1920. 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).

Published as part of Charles A. Woods, 1993, Order Rodentia - Suborder Hystricognathi, pp. 771-806 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 788, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353083

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