Akodon polopi

Jayat, P. E. Ortiz, Salazar-Bravo, Pardiñas, & D'Elía, 2010

Polop's 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

Authority citation

Jayat, J.P., Ortiz, P.E., Salazar-Bravo, J., Pardiñas, U.F.J. and D'Elía, G. 2010-03-24. The _Akodon boliviensis_ species group (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Argentina: species limits and distribution, with the description of a new entity. Zootaxa 2409:1-61.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2409.1.1

Original name as described

Akodon polopi

Other common names

Polop's Akodont

Type material

MACN-Ma 23486

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

6 km E (by highway 34) from antena repetidora La Posta, 2200 m, Pampa de Achala, Córdoba, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

Taxonomy notes

recently described; includes the recently described viridescens

Taxonomy notes citation

Jayat, J.P., Oritz, P.E., Salazar-Bravo, J., Pardiñas, U.F.J. and d'Elía, G. 2010. The Akodon boliviensis species group (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Argentina: species limits and distribution, with description of a new entity. Zootaxa, 2409, 1-61. · Braun, J. K., Mares, M. A., Coyner, B. S., & Van Den Bussche, R. A. (2010). New species of Akodon (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from central Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy, 91(2), 387-400. · D'Elía, G. (2011). Akodon polopi Jayat et al., 2010 is a senior subjective synomym of Akodon viridescens Braun et al., 2010. Zootaxa, 2744(1), 62-64.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002416

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 viridescens

J. K. Braun, Mares, Coyner, & Van Den Bussche, 2010

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

viridescens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CMI 6268 (= OMNH:Mamm:36364)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/omnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-omnh-mammals-36364

Authority page

393

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Akodon polopi

Jayat, P. E. Ortiz, Salazar-Bravo, Pardiñas, & D'Elía, 2010

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

polopi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Ma 23486

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

34

Authority publication

Zootaxa

Name usages

  1. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000006) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002416) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48300296/48300321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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