Geoxus annectens, also known as Pearson's long-clawed akodont[2] or Pearson's long-clawed mouse,[3] is a species of
rodent in the tribe
Abrotrichini of family
Cricetidae. Molecular data suggests that its closest relative is Geoxus valdivianus.[4] Formerly classified in its own genus, Pearsonomys, named after American zoologist
Oliver Payne Pearson,[5][6] it was moved to Geoxus in 2016 after a morphological and genetic reevaluation of the tribe Abrotrichini.[7] This rodent is
endemic to
Chile, where it is found in Nothofagus forest of the
Valdivian temperate rainforest ecoregion.[1]
^Lidicker, W. Z.; Patton, J. L.
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