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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Pearsonomys
SPECIES Pearsonomys annectens
| Author: | Patterson, 1992. | | Citation: | Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 106: 136. | | Common Name: | Pearson’s Long-clawed Akodont | | Type Locality: | Chile, Valdivia Prov., Region de Los Lagos, 42 km N and slightly E Valdivia, near Mehuín, 100 m; 39º26′S, 73º10′W. | | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality and vicinity but may inhabit other areas of the Valdivian temperate rainforest zone, WC Chile. | | Status: | IUCN – Data Deficient. | | Comments: | Another species endemic to the austral Nothofagus temperate rainforests, highlighting the importance of the S Andean region in understanding biotic genesis and sigmodontine biogeography (see Patterson, 1992b). |
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