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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Akodon
--> SUBGENUS See comments.
SPECIES Akodon (See comments.) aerosus
| Author: | Thomas, 1913. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 11: 406. | | Common Name: | Yungas Akodont | | Type Locality: | Ecuador, Tungurahua Prov., upper Río Pastaza, Mirador, 1500 m. | | Distribution: | Upper montane forests along E Andean slopes, 1200-2000 m, in Ecuador, Perú, and C Bolivia (Anderson, 1997; Patton and Smith, 1992). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Type species of Chalcomys, usually placed as a synonym of the subgenus Akodon (Cabrera, 1961; Reig, 1987). Formerly included as a subspecies of A. urichi by Cabrera (1961), but Gardner and Patton (1976), noting the pronounced difference in diploid number, listed the two as separate species; we include urichi under Necromys (see that account). Probably more than one species yet masquerades under the name of A. aerosus (see Patton and Smith, 1992; Patton et al., 1990); status of surdus as a possible junior synonym needs resolution (see Patton and Smith, 1992). Anderson (1997) recognized baliolus as a valid subspecies for Bolivian populations. |
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