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Geoxus Thomas 1919

Description

Geoxus Thomas 1919

Geoxus Thomas 1919, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 3: 207.

Type Species: Oxymycterus valdivianus Philippi 1858

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Geoxus valdivianus (Philippi 1858)

Discussion: Akodontini (S Andean clade). Revised by Osgood (1925, 1943) as part of Notiomys —see remarks under Chelemys. Sister genus to Pearsonomys according to maximum parsimony and likelihood analyses of cytochrome b sequences (Smith and Patton, 1999).

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, pp. 955-1189 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1116, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Thomas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Geoxus
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Geoxus Thomas, 1919 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Thomas, O. 1919. On small mammals from " Otro Cerro " north-eastern Rioja, collected by Sr. E. Budin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 9, 3: 489 - 500.
  • Osgood, W. H. 1925. The long-clawed South American rodents of the genus Notiomys. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 12: 113 - 125.
  • Osgood, W. H. 1943. The mammals of Chile. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series, 30: 1 - 268.
  • Smith, M. F., and J. L. Patton. 1999. Phylogenetic relationships and the radiation of sigmodontine rodents in South America: Evidence from cytochrome b. Journal of Mammalian Evolution, 6: 89 - 128.