Brucepattersonius igniventris

Brucepattersonius igniventris
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Brucepattersonius
Species:	B. igniventris
Binomial name
Brucepattersonius igniventris Hershkovitz, 1998

Brucepattersonius igniventris, also known as the red-bellied akodont^[2] or red-bellied brucie,^[3] is a South American rodent in the genus Brucepattersonius. It is known only from a few specimens from the type locality in Iporanga, São Paulo, Brazil.^[1][4] Although it is threatened by habitat loss, it is protected by Alto Ribeira State and Tourist Park.

References

1. Leite and Patterson, 2008
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005
3. Duff and Lawson, 2004
4. James L. Patton; Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas; Guillermo D’Elí (2015). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press. p. 215. ISBN 022616960X. Retrieved June 28, 2015.

Literature cited

• Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 312 pp. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X
• Leite, Y. and Patterson, B. 2008. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136672/0. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on February 4, 2010.
• Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0