Pearsonomys annectens 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

Pearsonomys annectens Patterson 1992

Pearsonomys annectens Patterson 1992 , Zool. J. Linn. Soc., 106: 136.

Type Locality: Chile, Valdivia Prov., Region de Los Lagos, 42 km N and slightly E Valdivia, near Mehuín, 100 m; 39º26′S, 73º10′W.

Vernacular Names: Pearson's Long-clawed Akodont.

Distribution: Known only from the type locality and vicinity but may inhabit other areas of the Valdivian temperate rainforest zone, WC Chile.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Another species endemic to the austral Nothofagus temperate rainforests, highlighting the importance of the S Andean region in understanding biotic genesis and sigmodontine biogeography (see Patterson, 1992 b).