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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
GENUS Pearsonomys
| Author: | Patterson, 1992. | | Citation: | Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 106: 132. | | Type Species: | Pearsonomys annectens Patterson, 1992. | | Comments: | Akodontini (S Andean clade). A long-clawed akodont with long pinnae, morphologically most similar to Geoxus and probably its closest generic relative (Patterson, 1992b), a relationship affirmed by molecular data (Smith and Patton, 1999). |
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