HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Akodon
--> SUBGENUS Akodon
SPECIES Akodon (Akodon) fumeus
Author: | Thomas, 1902. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 9: 137. | Common Name: | Smoky Akodont | Type Locality: | Bolivia, Cochabamba Dept., Río Secure, El Choro, 3500 m. | Distribution: | E Andean slopes, about 1000-3500 m, of SE Perú, WC Bolivia (Anderson, 1997), and NW Argentina (Jujuy, see Díaz and Barquez, 1999). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Akodon, A. fumeus species group (Myers and Patton, 1989). Treated as a subspecies of A. mollis (Cabrera, 1961; Gyldenstolpe, 1932; Hershkovitz, 1990c); viewed as a distinct species more closely related to A. kofordi by Myers and Patton (1989). |
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