Pearsonomys Patterson 1992

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 : 1160

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scientific name	Pearsonomys Patterson 1992
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Pearsonomys Patterson 1992 , Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 106: 132.

Type Species: Pearsonomys annectens Patterson 1992

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Pearsonomys annectens Patterson 1992

Discussion: Akodontini (S Andean clade). A long-clawed akodont with long pinnae, morphologically most similar to Geoxus and probably its closest generic relative (Patterson, 1992 b), a relationship affirmed by molecular data ( Smith and Patton, 1999).