Castoria angustidens

(Winge, 1888)

Serra do Mar 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 : Castoria

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Winge, H. 1888. Jordfundne og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilian. Med Udsigt over Gnavernes indbyrdes Slægtskab. E Museo Lundii 1(3):1-200.

Original name as described

Habrothrix angustidens

Other common names

Cerrado Grass Mouse · Serra do Mar Akodont

Type material

ZMUC 1/1845:13246

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Lagoa Santa cave deposits, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

Akodon serrensis synonymized with Habrothrix angustidens (named from fossil material) as Castoria angustidens; moved from Akodon to the recently described genus Castoria

Taxonomy notes citation

Pardiñas, U. F., Geise, L., Ventura, K., & Lessa, G. (2016). A new genus for Habrothrix angustidens and Akodon serrensis (Rodentia, Cricetidae): again paleontology meets neontology in the legacy of lund. Mastozoología neotropical, 23(1), 93-115.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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