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SPECIES Abrothrix jelskii

Author:Thomas, 1894.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 14: 360.
Common Name:Ornate Akodont
Type Locality:Perú, Junín Dept., Junín.
Distribution:Altiplano, about 2200-5000 m, from C Perú (see Arana-Cardó and Ascorra, 1994) to W Bolivia and NW Argentina.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Chroeomys jelskii.
Comments:Revised by Sanborn (1947b); Anderson (1997) observed Sanborn’s subspecific boundaries for Bolivian samples. Patton and Smith (1992) questioned whether chromatically highly differentiated northern and southern populations really belong to a single species.
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Synonyms:

    bacchante (Thomas, 1902)
    cayllomae (Thomas, 1901)
    cruceri (Thomas, 1901)
    inambarii (Thomas, 1901)
    inornatus (Thomas, 1917)
    ochrotis (Sanborn, 1947)
    pulcherrimus (Thomas, 1897)
    pyrrhotis (Thomas, 1894)
    scalops (Thomas, 1884)
    sodalis (Thomas, 1913)

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