Akodon orophilus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Ordo: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohort: Theria Cohort: Eutheria Cohort: Placentalia Superordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Akodon
Species: Akodon orophilus
Subspecies: A. o. orientalis – A. o. orophilus

Name

• Akodon orophilus Osgood, 1913: 98

Holotype: FMNH 19724, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “six miles west of Leimabamba [= Leymebamba], [Amazonas,] Peru (in mountains near headwaters of Utcubamba River).”

References

Primary references

• Osgood, W.H. 1913. New Peruvian mammals. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 10(9): 93–100. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Jiménez, C.F., Pacheco, V. & Vivas, D. 2013. An introduction to the systematics of Akodon orophilus Osgood, 1913 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3669(3): 223–242. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3669.3.2 Reference page. 

Links

• Akodon orophilus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Akodon orophilus  (Least Concern)