Geoxus annectens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Geoxus annectens (Patterson, 1992)

Holotype: KU 124033, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by John A.W. Kirsch on 10 May 1970.
Type locality: “Near Mehuín, 42 km N and slightly E of Valdivia, in the Provincia de Valdivia, Región de Los Lagos, Chile (39°26'S, 73°10'W; Paynter, 1988), at 100 m elevation”.

Pearsonomys annectens Patterson, 1992: 136 [original combination]
Geoxus annectens: Cañón, Mir, Pardiñas, Lessa & D’Elía, 2014: 450 [subsequent combination, by implication]

Patterson, B.D. 1992. A new genus and species of long-clawed mouse (Rodentia: Muridae) from temperate rainforests of Chile. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 106(2): 127–145. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1992.tb01243.x Reference page.
Cañón, C., Mir, D., Pardiñas, U.F.J., Lessa, E.P. & D’Elía, G. 2014. A multilocus perspective on the phylogenetic relationships and diversification of rodents of the tribe Abrotrichini (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). Zoologica Scripta 43(5): 443–454. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12069 Reference page.

Patterson, B. & D'Elia, G. 2018. IUCN: Geoxus annectens (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T40768A22345036. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T40768A22345036.en. Accessed on 21 July 2026.