Geoxus

Geoxus valdivianus
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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

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

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