HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Thaptomys
SPECIES Thaptomys nigrita
Author: | Lichtenstein, 1829. | Citation: | Darst. Säugeth., 7: pl. 35, fig. 1. | Common Name: | Ebony Akodont | Type Locality: | Brazil, Rio de Janeiro State, vicinity of Rio de Janeiro. | Distribution: | SE Brazil (Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul), E Paraguay, and NE Argentina (Misiones). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Akodon nigrita. | Comments: | Massoia (1963a) clarified the identity of subterraneus, the type of Thaptomys, as a synonym of the earlier named nigrita and amplified the distribution of the species. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
fuliginosus (Wagner, 1845) henseli (Leche, 1896) orycter (Lund, 1841) subterraneus (Hensel, 1873)
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