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--> FAMILY Cricetidae
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--> GENUS Akodon
--> SUBGENUS Akodon
SPECIES Akodon (Akodon) mollis
Author: | Thomas, 1894. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 14: 363. | Common Name: | Soft-furred Akodont | Type Locality: | Perú, Piura Dept., Tumbes. | Distribution: | Pacific lowlands and adjoining montane regions of N Ecuador to WC Perú. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Subgenus Akodon, A. mollis species group. Extensive altitudinal range and substantial interpopulational differentiation suggest a composite of two or more species (Patton and Smith, 1992; Smith and Patton, 1993; study of specimens in AMNH); status of highland form altorum as synonym questioned by Voss (2003). Also see remarks under A. fumeus, once included as a subspecies. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
altorum Thomas, 1913 fulvescens Hershkovitz, 1940
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