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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
GENUS Microakodontomys
Author: | Hershkovitz, 1993. | Citation: | Fieldiana Zool., N.S., 75: 2. | Type Species: | Microakodontomys transitorius Hershkovitz, 1993. | Comments: | Oryzomyini. Provisionally left as Sigmodontinae incertae sedis by Hershkovitz (1993:2), who remarked that "Overall resemblance to Microryzomys and Oligoryzomys suggests differentiation from an oryzomyine stock in a scrub brush habitat transitional between forest and savanna." To us, the holotype displays features that clearly ally it with Oryzomyini sensu Voss and Carleton (1993). Founded on a single young specimen with damaged skull, the diagnostic traits of this new genus and species, which "could be mistaken for a well-differentiated species of Oligoryzomys" (Hershkovitz, 1993:4), should be verified with improved series from the type locality. |
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