Chelemys macronyx (Thomas 1894)

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 : 1110

Chelemys macronyx (Thomas 1894)

[Chelemys] macronyx ( Thomas 1894) , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 14: 362.

Type Locality: Argentina, Mendoza Prov., near Volcán Peteroa (not Fort San Rafael, as corrected by Pearson and Lagiglia, 1992).

Vernacular Names: Andean Long-clawed Akodont.

Synonyms: Chelemys alleni ( Osgood 1925) ; Chelemys connectens ( Osgood 1925) ; Chelemys fumosus Thomas 1927 ; Chelemys vestitus ( Thomas 1903) .

Distribution: S Andes along Chile-Argentina boundary, about 34°S latitude south to Straits of Magellan. Distribution in C Chile augmented by Pine et al. (1979) and in Argentina by Pearson (1995) and Teta et al. (2002).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Treated as a subspecies of C. megalonyx by Mann (1978) and Tamayo and Frassinetti (1980); recognized as species by Osgood (1943) and Pearson (1984, 1995). Osgood (1943) designated the skin of Notiomys connectens as the holotype of this composite specimen (skull an Abrothrix ) and synonymized it with macronyx vestitus .