Akodon torques

(O. Thomas, 1917)

Cloud Forest 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. 1917-04-10. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals obtained by the Yale-National Geographic Society Peruvian Expedition. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 68(4):1-3.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29836306

Original name as described

Microxus torques

Other common names

Cloud Forest Akodont

Type material

USNM:MAMM:194607

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fc11a4ec-08b8-42e9-a9fa-4bf578dfb06a

Type locality

"Matchu [Machu] Picchu, 10,000 ft [= 3048 m]," Cusco, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002426

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.

Microxus torques

(O. Thomas, 1917)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

torques

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:194607

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fc11a4ec-08b8-42e9-a9fa-4bf578dfb06a

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29836306

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:134) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)

Akodon torques

Musser & Carleton, 2005

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

torques

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #764) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002426) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/764/115052408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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