Chelemys megalonyx

Chelemys megalonyx
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Chelemys
Species:	C. megalonyx
Binomial name
*Chelemys megalonyx* (Waterhouse, 1845)
Synonyms
Hesperomys megalonyx Waterhouse, 1845 Mus microtis Philippi, 1900 Oxymycterus niger Philippi, 1872 Oxymicterus scalops Gray, 1847

Chelemys megalonyx, also known as the Large Long-clawed Mouse^[1] or Large Long-clawed Akodont^[2] is a species of rodent in the genus Chelemys of family Cricetidae. It is endemic to central Chile.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b D'Elia and Patterson, 2008
^ ^a ^b Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1110

Literature cited

D'Elia, G. and Patterson, B. 2008. Chelemys megalonyx. 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

Species of tribe Abrotrichini

Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Family: Cricetidae · Subfamily: Sigmodontinae

Abrothrix	A. andinus · A. hershkovitzi · A. illuteus · A. jelskii · A. lanosus · A. longipilis · A. olivaceus · A. sanborni

Chelemys	C. delfini · C. macronyx · C. megalonyx

Geoxus	G. valdivianus

Notiomys	N. edwardsii

Pearsonomys	P. annectens