Chelemys megalonyx

(G. R. Waterhouse, 1845)

Chilean Long-clawed Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Abrotrichini
Genus : Chelemys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Waterhouse, G.R. 1845-02. Various Skins of Mammalia from Chile were laid before the Meeting. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1844(140):153-158.

Original name as described

Hesperomys megalonyx

Other common names

Large Long-clawed Akodont · Large Long-clawed Mouse

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1844.10.7.37

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Lake Quintero, Valparaíso, Chile.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Chile

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

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