Chelemys delfini Cabrera 1905

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1109

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scientific name	Chelemys delfini Cabrera 1905
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Chelemys delfini Cabrera 1905 , Rev. Chilena Hist. Nat., 9: 15.

Type Locality: Chile, Magallanes Prov., Straits of Magellan, Punta Arenas.

Vernacular Names: Magellanic Long-clawed Akodont.

Distribution: Southernmost Chile.

Discussion: Taxonomic status and distributional extent require refinement—treated as a subspecies of C. megalonyx by Mann (1978) and Tamayo and Frassinetti (1980); retained as a species by Osgood (1943) and Reig (1987). Johnson et al. (1990) recognized C. delfini and C. macronyx as definable forms, separable by body size, in the Patagonian region of extreme S Chile.