Akodontini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genera (17 + †1): Abrawayaomys – Akodon – Bibimys – Blarinomys – Brucepattersonius – Castoria – †Dankomys – Deltamys – Gyldenstolpia – Juscelinomys – Kunsia – Lenoxus – Necromys – Oxymycterus – Podoxymys – Scapteromys – Thalpomys – Thaptomys

Name

Akodontini Cockerell & Printz in Cockerell, Miller & Printz, 1914: 359

Synonyms

Scapteromyini Massoia, 1979

References

Primary references

Cockerell, T.D.A., Miller, L.I. & Printz, M. 1914. The auditory ossicles of American rodents. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33(28): 347–380. hdl: 2246/1876 Reference page.
Massoia, E. 1979. Descripción de un genero y especie nuevos: Bibimys torresi (Mammalia–Rodentia–Cricetidae–Sigmodontinae–Scapteromyini). Physis 38: 1–7.

Additional references

Vorontsov, N.N. 1959. [The system of hamsters (Cricetinae) in the sphere of the world fauna and their phylogenetic relations] (in Russian). Byulleten’ Moskovskovo Obshchestva Ispytatelei Prirody, Otdel Biologicheskii 64: 134–137.
D’Elía, G. 2003 Phylogenetics of Sigmodontinae (Rodentia, Muroidea, Cricetidae), with special reference to the akodont group, and with additional comments on historical biogeography. Cladistics 19(4): 307–323. DOI: 10.1016/S0748-3007(03)00071-9
D’Elía, G., Pardiñas, U.F.J., Teta, P. & 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. PDF Reference page.
D’Elía, G. & Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2015. Tribe Akodontini Vorontsov 1959. Pp. 140–144 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page.
Pardiñas, U.F.J., Geise, L., Ventura, K. & Lessa, G. 2016. A new genus for Habrothrix angustidens and Akodon serrensis (Rodentia, Cricetidae): again paleontology meets neontology in the legacy of Lund. Mastozoología Neotropical 23(1): 93–115. Full article Reference page.
Salazar-Bravo, J., Pardiñas, U.F.J., Zeballos, H. & Teta, P. 2016. Description of a new tribe of sigmodontine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) with an update summary of valid tribes and their generic contents. Occasional papers, Museum of Texas Tech University 338: 1–24. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Cazzaniga, N.J., Cañón, C. & Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2019. The availability, authorships and dates of tribal names in the Sigmodontinae (Rodentia, Cricetidae) current classification. Bionomina 15: 37–50. DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.15.1.2 Reference page.
Bangs, M.R., Percequillo, A.R., Pacheco, V. & Steppan, S.J. 2025. Phylogenomics of sigmodontine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae): Cloud forests and Pliocene extinction explain the timing and spread of an iconic South American radiation. PLoS ONE 20(11): e0317165. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0317165 Reference page.