Pearson's Long-clawed Akodont

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Pearson's Long-clawed Akodont
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Sigmodontinae Tribe: Akodontini Genus: Pearsonomys Patterson, 1992 Species: P. annectens
Binomial name
Pearsonomys annectens Patterson, 1992

Pearson's Long-clawed Akodont, Pearsonomys annectens, is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is the only species in the genus Pearsonomys. It is found only in Chile.

[edit] References

• Gippoliti, S. 2002. Pearsonomys annectens. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.