Akodon orophilus

Osgood, 1913

El Dorado 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

Osgood, W.H. 1913-05-31. New Peruvian mammals. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 10(9):93-100.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465001

Original name as described

Akodon mollis orophilus

Other common names

Utcubamba Akodont

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:19724

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=bd7747ec-ccac-4696-9479-f73d0673d386

Type locality

"six miles west of Leymebamba, in mountains near headwaters of Utcubamba River, Amazonas, Peru."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

Taxonomy notes

includes orientalis

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002412

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 mollis orientalis

Osgood, 1913

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:19855

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=27cd5c6f-6876-49a0-86f1-04fc5de3051f

Authority page

99

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465000

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1914:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2646797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20586)
  2. Gyldenstolpe (1932:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Akodon mollis orophilus

Osgood, 1913

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

orophilus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:19724

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=bd7747ec-ccac-4696-9479-f73d0673d386

Authority page

98

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465001

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

  1. Osgood (1914:164, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2646797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/20586)
  2. Gyldenstolpe (1932:106) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)

Microxus orophilus orientalis

(O. Thomas, 1926)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

616

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1926:616) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19593)

Microxus orophilus

(O. Thomas, 1926)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

orophilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

615

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Thomas (1926:615) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19593)

Akodon orophilus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

orophilus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

150

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:396) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:692) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Coyner, Braun, Mares & Van Den Bussche (2013:347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13179)
  7. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:474) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #752) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  10. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002412) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  11. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/752/22382763) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Akodon orientalis

Coyner, J. K. Braun, Mares, & Van Den Bussche, 2013

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

orientalis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

347

Authority publication

Zoologica Scripta

Name usages

  1. Coyner, Braun, Mares & Van Den Bussche (2013:347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13179)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000379) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)

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