Akodon spegazzinii

O. Thomas, 1897

Spegazzini'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1897-08-01. On some small mammals from Salta, N. Argentina. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)20(116):214-218.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415192

Original name as described

Akodon Spegazzinii

Other common names

Spegazzini's Akodont

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1897.5.5.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9e429a2f-363f-48da-8381-c9f0aa6c3887

Type locality

"Lower Cachi." Clarified by J. P. Jayat and colleagues in 2010 as lower course of the Cachi River, which passes through the town of Cachi, Salta, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

Taxonomy notes

includes leucolimnaeus but not A. oenos here, although some authorities treat A. oenos as a synonym of this species

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. · Patton, J. L., Pardiñas, U. F., & D'Elía, G. (2015). Mammals of south america, volume 2: Rodents (Vol. 2). University of Chicago Press.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002421

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 Spegazzinii

O. Thomas, 1897

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

spegazzinii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1897.5.5.14

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9e429a2f-363f-48da-8381-c9f0aa6c3887

Authority page

216

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27415192

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  4. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:480) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Ortiz, Jayat, Barbière, Sampietro Vattuone & Peña Monné (2019:158) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/42734)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #759) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/48302281/114957339) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Akodon tucumanensis

J. A. Allen, 1901

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

tucumanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1900.7.9.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/024c2f4a-b793-475f-a312-bf875feda641

Authority page

410

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Akodon alterus

O. Thomas, 1919

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

alterus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1919.2.7.44

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c64b2a07-d82b-478e-a86e-a58c86225365

Authority page

496

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15688445

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Yepes (1935:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Akodon leucolimnaeus

Cabrera, 1926

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucolimnaeus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MLP 11-II-36-16

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

320

Authority publication

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Name usages

  1. Yepes (1935:230) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67335)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Acodon Spegazzinii

Lahille, 1899

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

spegazzinii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

189

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147055

Authority publication

Primera Reunión del Congreso Científico Latino Americano

Name usages

Lahille (1899:189, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147055) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Bolomys (?) leucolimnaneus

(Gyldenstolpe, 1932)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

leucolimnaneus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

119

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:119) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)

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