Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1921-12-01. On a further collection of mammals from Jujuy obtained by Sr. E. Budin. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)8(48):608-617.

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Original name as described

Oxymycterus akodontius

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1921.11.1.72

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

Type locality

"Higuerilla.—2000 m., in the Department of Valle Grande, about 10 km. east of the Zenta range and 20 km. of the town of Tilcara," Jujuy, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

has been considered a synonym of O. paramensis, but recently molecular data suggests the species should be considered distinct

Taxonomy notes citation

de Oliveira, J.A., & Gonçalves, P.R. 2015. Genus Oxymycterus Waterhouse, 1837. In Patton, J. L., Pardiñas, U. F., & D'Elía, G. . Mammals of South America, volume 2: Rodents (Vol. 2). University of Chicago Press. · Agnolin, F. L., Derguy, M. R., Godoy, I. N., & Chimento, N. R. (2019). Mamíferos argentinos: descripción de nuevas especies delas colecciones de Elio Massoia y Julio R. Contreras (Rodentia,Chiroptera, Carnivora). Historia Natural, 9, 107-181. · Teta, P., D'Elía, G., Jayat, J. P., Gonçalves, P. R., Simões, G., do Prado, R., ... & Schiaffini, M. I. (2020). On the distinction and availability of the new taxa proposed by Agnolin et al. 2019. Mastozoología Neotropical, en prensa, Mendoza, 1-17. · Jayat, J. P., Torres, R., D’Elía, G., de Oliveira, J. A., Ortiz, P. E., & Teta, P. (2024). An integrative approach to the taxonomy of Oxymycterus paramensis (Rodentia, Cricetidae) and related nominal forms. Journal of Mammalogy, gyae130.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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