Abrothrix
Abrothrix Temporal range: Pliocene to Recent | |
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Abrothrix sanborni | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Tribe: | Akodontini |
Genus: | Abrothrix Waterhouse, 1837 |
Type species | |
Mus longipilis Waterhouse, 1837 | |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Abrothrix is a genus of rodent in the tribe Abrotrichini of family Cricetidae.[2] It contains the following living species:[3]
- Abrothrix andinus
- Abrothrix hershkovitzi
- Abrothrix illuteus
- Abrothrix jelskii
- Abrothrix lanosus
- Abrothrix longipilis
- Abrothrix olivaceus[fn 2]
- Abrothrix sanborni
Footnotes
- ↑ Misspelling.[1]
- ↑ Includes A. o. markhami as a subspecies.[4]
References
Literature cited
- D'Elía, G., Pardiñas, U.F.J., Teta, P. and Patton, J.L. 2007. Definition and diagnosis of a new tribe of sigmodontine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae), and a revised classification of the subfamily. Gayana 71(2):187–194.
- 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
- Rodríguez-Serrano, E., Hernández, C.E. and Palma, R.E. 2008. A new record and an evaluation of the phylogenetic relationships of Abrothrix olivaceus markhami (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Mammalian Biology 73(4):309–317.
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