Akodon spegazzinii

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

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

Name

• Akodon spegazzinii Thomas, 1897: 216

Holotype: BMNH 97.5.5.14, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Lower Cachi,” Salta, Argentina; it is likely that Thomas referred to the lower course of the Río Cachi, which passes through the town of Cachi (25°07′11.93″S, 66°09′47.00″W, 2,341 m, Salta province), close to the junction with the Río Calchaquí (Jayat et al. 2010).

Synonyms

• Akodon tucumanensis J. A. Allen, 1901: 410 [synonymised by Jayat, Ortiz, Salazar-Bravo, Pardiñas & D’Elía, 2010: 28]

Holotype: BMNH 0.7.9.13, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Tucuman, Argentina, alt. 450 m.,” San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Prov., Argentina.

• Akodon alterus Thomas, 1919: 496 [synonymised by Jayat, Ortiz, Salazar-Bravo, Pardiñas & D’Elía, 2010: 28]

Holotype: BMNH 19.2.7.44, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Otro Cerro,” Catamarca, Argentina; clarified as Otro Cerro, 28°45′S, 66°17′W, 2,023 m, Capayán, Catamarca, about 4 km SSE of Cerro Catalán by Pardiñas et al. 2007).

• Akodon leucolimnaeus Cabrera, 1926: 320 [synonymised by Jayat, Ortiz, Salazar-Bravo, Pardiñas & D’Elía, 2010: 28]

Holotype: UNLP 5684, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Laguna Blanca, Catamarca (3,100 m de altura),” Argentina.

• Akodon oenos Braun, Mares & Ojeda, 2000: 218 [synonymised by Pardiñas, Teta, D’Elía & Díaz, 2011: 56]

Holotype: IADIZA-CM 611, adult ♀, skin, skull and partial skeleton.

Type locality: “Argentina: Mendoza Province: Departamento La Valle, La Pega (32°48′S, 68°40′W),” an old winery NE Ciudad de Mendoza.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1897. On some small mammals from Salta, N. Argentina. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6 20: 214–218.
• Allen, J.A. 1901. New South American Muridae and a new Metachirus. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 14: 405–412.
• Thomas, O. 1919. On small mammals from “Otro Cerro”, north- eastern Rioja, collected by Sr. E. Budin. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 9 3: 489–500.
• Cabrera, A. 1926. Dos roedores nuevos de las montañas de Catamarca. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 30: 319–321. Full article (PDF)
• Braun, J.K., Mares, M.A. & Ojeda, R.A. 2000. A new specie of grass mouse, genus Akodon (Muridae: Sigmodontinae), from Mendoza Province, Argentina. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 65: 216–225.
• Jayat, J.P., Ortiz, P.E., Salazar-Bravo, J., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D'Elía, G. 2010. The Akodon boliviensis species group (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Argentina: species limits and distribution, with the description of a new entity. Zootaxa 2409: 1–61. Preview. Reference page. 
• Pardiñas, U.F.J., Teta, P., D’Elía, G. & Díaz, G.B. 2011. Taxonomic status of Akodon oenos (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae), an obscure species from West Central Argentina. Zootaxa 2749: 47–61.

Links

• Akodon spegazzinii 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 spegazzinii  (Least Concern)