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--> FAMILY Cricetidae
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--> GENUS Akodon
--> SUBGENUS Akodon
SPECIES Akodon (Akodon) azarae
Author: | Fischer, 1829. | Citation: | Synopsis Mamm.: 325. | Common Name: | Azara’s Akodont | Type Locality: | Argentina, Entre Ríos Prov., about 30°30'S latitude between the Uruguay and Paraná Rivers. | Distribution: | NE and EC Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and extreme S Brazil. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Akodon, A. boliviensis species group (Hershkovitz, 1990c). Olrog and Lucero (1981) maintained arenicola as a species distinct from A. azarae, but karyotypic and other data support their union (Vitullo et al., 1986; Ximenez et al., 1972). Species documented in the early-middle Pleistocene of Argentina by Pardiñas (1993), who discussed its biogeographic implications. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
arenicola (Waterhouse, 1837) bibianae Massoia, 1971 hunteri Thomas, 1917
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