Akodon oenos
J. K. Braun, Mares, & R. A. Ojeda, 2000
Monte 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
Authority citation
Braun, J.K., Mares, M.A. and Ojeda, R.A. 2000. A new species of grass mouse, genus Akodon (Muridae: Sigmodontinae), from Mendoza Province, Argentina. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 65:216-225.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45522813Original name as described
Akodon oenos
Other common names
Monte Akodont
Type material
CMI 611
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
La Pega, an old winery NE Ciudad de Mendoza, Departamento La Valle, Mendoza Province, Argentina (32°48′S, 68°40′W).
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Argentina
Taxonomy notes
tentatively revalidated as distinct from A. spegazzinii, although it has been considered a synonym of A. spegazzinii
Taxonomy notes citation
Jayat, J. P., Ortiz, P. E., Ojeda, A. A., Novillo, A., Teta, P., D'Elía, G., & Ojeda, R. A. (2019). Quantitative morphological characters of the skull suggest that Akodon oenos (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) is not a junior synonym of A. spegazzinii. Mammalia, 1.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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