Geoxus Thomas 1919

Geoxus Thomas 1919, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 3: 207.

Type Species: Oxymycterus valdivianus Philippi 1858

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Geoxus valdivianus (Philippi 1858)

Discussion: Akodontini (S Andean clade). Revised by Osgood (1925, 1943) as part of Notiomys —see remarks under Chelemys . Sister genus to Pearsonomys according to maximum parsimony and likelihood analyses of cytochrome b sequences (Smith and Patton, 1999).