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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Akodon
--> SUBGENUS Microxus
SPECIES Akodon (Microxus) latebricola
| Author: | Anthony, 1924. | | Citation: | Am. Mus. Novit., 139: 3. | | Common Name: | Ecuadorean Akodont | | Type Locality: | Ecuador, Tungurahua Prov., east of Ambato on Río Cusutagua, Hacienda San Francisco, 8000 ft (2438 m). | | Distribution: | Cordillera Oriental, ca. 2400-3840, NC Ecuador (Pichincha and Tungurahua Provs.). | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Subgenus Microxus (see remarks under Akodon bogotensis and A. mimus). Anthony (1924) described the species based on a single specimen under Microxus, as genus, and critically compared it with bogotensis. Additional specimens reported, range extended northwardly, and morphological description expanded by Voss (2003). |
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