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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Akodon
--> SUBGENUS Hypsimys
SPECIES Akodon (Hypsimys) siberiae
| Author: | Myers and Patton, 1989. | | Citation: | Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan, 720: 4. | | Common Name: | Cochabamba Akodont | | Type Locality: | Bolivia, Cochabamba Dept., 28 km (by road) W Comarapa, 2800 m; 17°51'S, 64°40'W. | | Distribution: | Known only from the vicinity of the type locality, about 1800-3000 m, Cochabamba and W Santa Cruz Depts., C Bolivia (Anderson, 1997). | | Status: | IUCN – Vulnerable. | | Comments: | Subgenus Hypsimys. Morphology and chromosomes suggest that A. siberiae is closely related to A. budini, the type species of Hypsimys (see Myers and Patton, 1989). |
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