Chelemys

Chelemys
Temporal range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Abrotrichini
Genus: Chelemys
Thomas, 1903
Type species
Akodon megalonyx
Waterhouse, 1843
Species

Chelemys delfini
Chelemys macronyx
Chelemys megalonyx

Chelemys is a genus of South American rodents in the tribe Abrotrichini of family Cricetidae. Three species—Chelemys delfini, Chelemys macronyx, and Chelemys megalonyx—are known, all found in central and southern Chile and Argentina.[1]

References

  1. Musser and Carleton, 2005, pp. 1109–1110

Literature cited

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