Akodon paranaensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Akodon
Species: Akodon paranaensis

Name

Akodon paranaensis Christoff, Fagundes, Sbalqueiro, Mattevi & Yonenaga-Yassuda, 2000: 844

• Holotype: MZUSP 29095, adult ♂, skin and skull.
• Type locality: “Piraquara (Estação Ecológica Canguiri), Paraná, Brazil”.

References

Primary references

• Christoff, A.U., Fagundes, V., Sbalqueiro, I.J., Mattevi, M.S. & Yonenaga-Yassuda, Y. 2000. Description of a new species of Akodon (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from Southern Brazil. Journal of Mammalogy 81(3): 838–851. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2000)081<0838:DOANSO>2.3.CO;2 Reference page. 

Links

• Akodon paranaensis 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 paranaensis  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Paraná Akodont, Paraná Grass Mouse