Pearson long-clawed mouse

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Pearson long-clawed mouse
Systematics
Family : Burrowers (Cricetidae)
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Oryzomyalia
Tribe : Abrotrichini
Genre : Geoxus
Type : Pearson long-clawed mouse
Scientific name
Geoxus annectens
( Patterson , 1992)

The Pearson long claws mouse ( Geoxus annectens , Syn. : Pearsonomys annectens ) is in South America living rodent species from the group of New world .

Pearson long-clawed mice are New World mice adapted to a burrowing way of life. The head body length is 12 centimeters and the tail length 8 centimeters, the weight is around 60 grams. The fur is short but rough, it is brownish on the top and light gray on the underside. The short tail is densely hairy. The front feet have the eponymous long, claws that are flattened at the tip.

These animals are only known from near the town of Valdivia in the Región de los Ríos in southern Chile . Their habitat are with illusory beeches passed temperate rainforests . They lead a partially subterranean way of life and feed mainly on invertebrates such as insects.

The IUCN lists them as “endangered”.

literature

  • Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World. 2 volumes. 6th edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD et al. 1999, ISBN 0-8018-5789-9 .
  • Don E. Wilson , DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds.): Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic Reference. 2 volumes. 3. Edition. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore MD 2005, ISBN 0-8018-8221-4 .

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