Geoxus valdivianus
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Geoxus valdivianus (Philippi 1858)
[Oxymycterus] valdivianus Philippi 1858, Arch. Naturgesch., 24 (1): 303.
Type Locality: Chile, Valdivia Prov.
Vernacular Names: Valdivian Long-clawed Akodont.
Synonyms: Geoxus araucanus (Osgood 1925); Geoxus bicolor (Osgood 1943); Geoxus bullocki (Osgood 1943); Geoxus chiloensis (Osgood 1925); Geoxus fossor Thomas 1919; Geoxus michaelseni (Matschie 1898); Geoxus microtis (J. A. Allen 1903).
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.).
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion: Pearson (1984) noted the uncertainty of the generic association and specific status of michaelseni, which has been arranged as a subspecies (Osgood, 1943; Patterson, 1992 b) 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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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/05F3D1847A4743C70A50558FE6B48509 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/1DED6C943E00D21C8B96687C71CC3DC3 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231523149 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Philippi
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Geoxus
- Species
- valdivianus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Geoxus valdivianus (Philippi, 1858) sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- 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.
- 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.
- Saavedra, B., and J. A. Simonetti. 2001. New records of Dromiciops gliroides (Microbiotheria: Microbiotheridae) and Geoxus valdivianus (Rodentia: Muridae) in central Chile: Their implications for biogegraphy and conservation. Mammalia, 65: 96 - 100.
- Pearson, O. P. 1984. Taxonomy and natural history of some fossorial rodents of Patagonia, southern Argentina. Journal of Zoology, London, 202: 225 - 237.