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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
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--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Geoxus
SPECIES Geoxus valdivianus
| Author: | Philippi, 1858. | | Citation: | Arch. Naturgesch., 24(1): 303. | | Common Name: | Valdivian Long-clawed Akodont | | Type Locality: | Chile, Valdivia Prov. | | Distribution: | C and S Chile (see Saavedra and Simonetti, 2001, for northern range extension), including Mocha and Chiloe Isls, to Straits of Magellan, and S Argentina (Neuquén to Santa Cruz Provs.). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Pearson (1984) noted the uncertainty of the generic association and specific status of michaelseni, which has been arranged as a subspecies (Osgood, 1943; Patterson, 1992b) or later listed as species (Reig, 1987). The taxon’s status and relationship clearly merit further study. Subspecific distributions in Chile sketched by Muñoz Pedreros (2000). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
araucanus (Osgood, 1925)
bicolor (Osgood, 1943)
bullocki (Osgood, 1943)
chiloensis (Osgood, 1925)
fossor Thomas, 1919
michaelseni (Matschie, 1898)
microtis (J. A. Allen, 1903)
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