Combinations

• Reithrodon chinchilloides Waterhouse, 1839: 72 [original combination]
• Euneomys chinchilloides: Thomas, 1901: 254 [name combination]

Synonyms

• Euneomys ultimus Thomas, 1916: 185

Holotype: BMNH 43.11.16.26, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality “St. Martin’s Cove, Hermite Island,” Hermite Islands, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena, Chile.

Primary references

• Waterhouse, G.R. 1839. Mammalia. In The zoology of the Voyage of the H.M.S. Bea gle under the command of Captain FitzRoy, R.N., during the Years 1832–1836, ed. C. Darwin, Fascicle 10 (pages vii-ix + 49–97, pls. 25–32, 34). London: Smith, Elder and Co., 2: xii + 97 pp., 35 pls. [See Sherborn 1897 for dates of publication of parts.]
• Thomas, O. 1901. New Neotropical mammals, with a note on the species of Reithrodon. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7 8: 246–255.
• Thomas, O. 1916. 1916b. Notes on the Argentine, Patagonian and Cape Horn Muridae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 8 17: 182–187.

Additional references

• Pardiñas, U.F.J., Teta, P., Chebez, J.C., Martínez, F.D., Ocampo, S. & Navas, D.O. 2010. Mammalia, Rodentia, Sigmodontinae, Euneomys chinchilloides (Waterhouse, 1839): Range extension. Check List 10(1): 165–169. Full article (PDF)

• Braun, J.K. & Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2015. Genus Euneomys Coues, 1874. Pp. 83–89 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.), Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Euneomys chinchilloides in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Euneomys chinchilloides  (Data Deficient)