Geoxus michaelseni

(Matschie, 1898)

Michaelsen's 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 : Geoxus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Matschie, P. 1898. Hamburger Magalhaensische Sammelreise. Säugethiere. L. Friederichsen & Co., Hamburg, 29 pp.

Original name as described

Hesperomys (Acodon) michaelseni

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Punta Arenas, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena, Chile.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Chile · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

split from G. valdivianus; includes delfini

Taxonomy notes citation

Cañón, C., Mir, D., Pardiñas, U. F., Lessa, E. P., & D'Elía, G. (2014). A multilocus perspective on the phylogenetic relationships and diversification of rodents of the tribe Abrotrichini (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). Zoologica Scripta, 43(5), 443-454. · Teta, P., Pardiñas, U.F.J. and D'Elía, G. 2015. Genus Chelemys Thomas, 1903. and Genus Geoxus Thomas, 1919 In: Patton, J.L, Pardiñas, U. F. J. and D'Elía, G. (eds), Mammals of South America, pp. 127-132. University of Chicago Press

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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