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--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Chelemys
SPECIES Chelemys megalonyx
Author: | Waterhouse, 1844. | Actual Date: | 1845 | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1844: 154. | Common Name: | Large Long-clawed Akodont | Type Locality: | Chile, Valparaíso Prov., Lake Quintero. | Distribution: | C Chile, coastal region from Coquimbo Prov. south to Cautín Prov. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Tamayo and Frassinetti (1980) listed delfini (see above account) as a subspecies of C. megalonyx. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
microtis (Philippi, 1900) niger (Philippi, 1872) scalops (Gay, 1847)
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