Akodon mystax

Hershkovitz, 1998

Caparao 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

Hershkovitz, P. 1998. Report on some sigmodontine rodents collected in southeastern Brazil with descriptions of a new genus and six new species. Bonner zoologische Beiträge 47(3-4):193-256.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44630233

Original name as described

Akodon mystax

Other common names

Caparao Akodont · Caparaó Grass Mouse · Caparaó Akodont

Type material

MN 31910

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Arrozal, 2300 m, Pico da Bandeira, western slope Mt. Caparaó, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002410

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.

Akodon mystax

Hershkovitz, 1998

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

mystax

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 31910

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

220

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44630233

Authority publication

Bonner zoologische Beiträge

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:479) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136260) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002410) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136260/22382036) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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