Chelemys megalonyx

Chelemys megalonyx
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Chelemys
Species:	C. megalonyx
Binomial name
Chelemys megalonyx (Waterhouse, 1845)
Synonyms
Hesperomys megalonyx Waterhouse, 1845 Mus microtis Philippi, 1900 Oxymycterus niger Philippi, 1872 Oxymicterus scalops Gray, 1847

Chelemys megalonyx, also known as the Large Long-clawed Mouse^[1] or Large Long-clawed Akodont^[2] is a species of rodent in the genus Chelemys of family Cricetidae. It is endemic to central Chile.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} D'Elia and Patterson, 2008
2. ^ ^{a b} Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1110

Literature cited

• D'Elia, G. and Patterson, B. 2008. Chelemys megalonyx. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on January 12, 2010.
• Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0