Abrothrix hirta
(O. Thomas, 1895)
Hairy Soft-haired Mouse
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Placentalia |
Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
Order | : Rodentia |
Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
Superfamily | : Muroidea |
Family | : Cricetidae |
Subfamily | : Sigmodontinae |
Tribe | : Abrotrichini |
Genus | : Abrothrix |
Subgenus | : Abrothrix |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1895-11-01. Descriptions of four small mammals from South America, including one belonging to the peculiar marsupial genus "Hyracodon," Tomes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)16(95):367-370.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122858Original name as described
Acodon hirtus
Other common names
Hairy Soft-haired Akodont
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1860.1.5.15
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/62fea89a-a17a-4f52-8256-e212c21540c3Type locality
"Fort San Rafael, Mendoza," Argentina. Questioned by O. P. Pearson and H. A. Lagiglia in 1992 and changed to probably near Peteroa Volcano, on the Argentinean–Chilean border.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Chile · Argentina
Taxonomy notes
split from A. longipilis
Taxonomy notes citation
Teta, P., & Pardiñas, U. F. (2014). Variación morfológica cualitativa y cuantitativa en Abrothrix longipilis (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae). Mastozoología neotropical, 21(2), 291-309.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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