HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Abrothrix
SPECIES Abrothrix hershkovitzi
Author: | Patterson, Gallardo, and Freas, 1984. | Citation: | Fieldiana Zool., N. S., 23: 8. | Common Name: | Hershkovitz’s Akodont | Type Locality: | Chile, Magallanes Prov., Isla Capitán Aracena, head of Bahía Morris, 60 m; 54°14'S, 71°30'W. | Distribution: | Outer islands of the Chilean Archipelago. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Akodon hershkovitzi. | Comments: | A member of A. (Akodon) after Patterson et al. (1984) and also Muñoz Pedreros (2000); subgenus or genus Abrothrix according to Reig (1987) and others (e.g., Pearson and Smith, 1999; Smith and Patton, 1999). Pearson and Smith (1999) suspected that hershkovitzi will prove to be another synonym of A. olivaceus, including xanthorhinus; this possibility should be demonstrated rather than assumed in view of the morphological separation presented in its diagnosis (Patterson et al., 1984). |
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