Notiomys

Notiomys edwardsii
Temporal range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Abrotrichini
Genus: Notiomys
Thomas, 1890
Species: N. edwardsii
Binomial name
Notiomys edwardsii
(Thomas, 1890)

Notiomys edwardsii, also known as Edward's Long-clawed Akodont,[2] Milne-Edwards' Long-clawed Mouse,[3] or Edwards's Long-clawed Mouse,[1] is a rodent in the tribe Abrotrichini from southern Argentina. It is the only species in the genus Notiomys, although species of Chelemys and Geoxus were formerly included in that genus.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Pardinas and Teta, 2008
  2. 1 2 Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1134
  3. Duff and Lawson, 2004

Literature cited

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