Geoxus
| Geoxus valdivianus |
| Conservation status |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Chordata |
| Class: |
Mammalia |
| Order: |
Rodentia |
| Family: |
Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: |
Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: |
Abrotrichini |
| Genus: |
Geoxus
Thomas, 1919 |
| Species: |
G. valdivianus |
| Binomial name |
Geoxus valdivianus
(Philippi, 1858) |
| Synonyms |
- Oxymycterus valdivianus Philippi, 1858
- Notiomys valdivianus araucanus Osgood, 1925
- Notiomys valdivianus bicolor Osgood, 1943
- Notiomys valdivianus bullocki Osgood, 1943
- Notiomys valdivianus chiloensis Osgood, 1925
- Geoxus fossor Thomas, 1919
- Hesperomys (Acodon) michaelseni Matschie, 1898
- Oxymycterus microtis J.A. Allen, 1903
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Geoxus valdivianus, also known as the Long-clawed Mole Mouse[1] or Valdivian Long-clawed Akodont,[2] is a species of rodent in the tribe Abrotrichini of family Cricetidae found in the Valdivian temperate rain forests and Magellanic subpolar forests of Argentina and Chile. It is the only species in the genus Geoxus.
References
- ^ a b D'Elia et al., 2008
- ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1116
Literature cited
- D'Elia, G., Pardinas, U. and Patterson, B. 2008. Geoxus. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on January 12, 2010.
- Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0