Paynomys macronyx

(O. Thomas, 1894)

Andean 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 : Paynomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1894-11-01. Descriptions of some new Neotropical Muridae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)14(83):346-366.

Original name as described

Acodon macronyx

Other common names

Andean Long-clawed Akodont

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1860.1.5.14

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"East side of the Andes, near Fort San Rafael, Province of Mendoza." Questioned by O. P. Pearson and H. A. Lagiglia in 1992 and changed to probably near Peteroa Volcano, on the Argentinean–Chilean border.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Chile · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

moved from Chelemys to the recently described Paynomys

Taxonomy notes citation

Teta, P., Canon, C., Patterson, B.D., Pardinas, U.F.J. 2016. Phylogeny of the tribe Abrotrichini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae): integrating morphological and molecular evidence into a new classification. Cladistics 33: 153-182.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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