HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Akodon
--> SUBGENUS Akodon
SPECIES Akodon (Akodon) orophilus
Author: | Osgood, 1913. | Citation: | Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool. Ser., 10: 98. | Common Name: | Utcubamba Akodont | Type Locality: | Perú, Amazonas Dept., Leimabamba, Alto Utcubamba, 2400 m. | Distribution: | Upper E Andean slopes, C Perú. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Akodon. Although initially described as a subspecies of A. mollis, Osgood (1943:197) later reinstated orophilus as a distinct species, at which rank it has since remained (Cabrera, 1961; Reig, 1987; Patton and Smith, 1992). Formerly included torques as a subspecies (Cabrera, 1961). |
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