Akodon mimus

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Thespian Grass Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Akodontini
Genus : Akodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1901-02-01. New mammals from Peru and Bolivia, with a list of those recorded from the Inambari River, Upper Madre de Dios. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)7(38):178-190.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26195718

Original name as described

Oxymycterus mimus

Other common names

Hocicudo-like Akodont · Hocicudo-like Akodon

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1901.1.1.48

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b23c9b3c-6b7c-4ab5-b4d3-d4df37cf80bd

Type locality

"Limbane [= Limbani], Dept. Puno [Peru]. Alt. 2600 m"

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002407

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Oxymycterus mimus

(O. Thomas, 1901)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mimus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1901.1.1.48

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/b23c9b3c-6b7c-4ab5-b4d3-d4df37cf80bd

Authority page

183

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26195718

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Microxus mimus

(O. Thomas, 1909)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

237

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097616

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1909:237, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/22097616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16539)
  2. Thomas (1917:3, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29836306) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11745)
  3. Gyldenstolpe (1932:133) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:427) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Akodon mimus

Musser & Carleton, 1993

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

691

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (1993:691) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  2. Anderson (1997:423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #746) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002407) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/746/115052068) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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