Chelemys megalonyx

Chelemys megalonyx

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Abrotrichini
Genus: Chelemys
Species: Chelemys megalonyx

Name

Chelemys megalonyx (Waterhouse, 1845)

• Lectotype: BMNH 1844.10.7.37, ♂, collected by Thomas Bridges.
• Type locality: “Chile.. near the margin of the Lake of Quintero”.

Combinations

• Hesperomys megalonyx Waterhouse, 1845: 154 [original combination]

Synonyms

• Mus microtis Philippi, 1900
• Oxymycterus niger Philippi, 1872
• Oxymicterus scalops Gray, 1847

References

Primary references

• Waterhouse, G.R. 1845. [Various Skins of Mammalia from Chile were laid before the Meeting]. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 12: 153–158. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Chilean Long-clawed Mouse