HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Abrothrix
SPECIES Abrothrix illuteus
Author: | Thomas, 1925. | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 15: 582. | Common Name: | Gray Akodont | Type Locality: | Argentina, Tucumán Prov., Sierra de Aconquija, 3000-4000 m. | Distribution: | NW Argentina (Jujuy, Tucumán, and Catamarca; see Díaz, 2000; Mares et al., 1997). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Akodon illuteus.. | Comments: | Variably placed with Abrothrix, usually as a subgenus (Cabrera, 1961; Reig, 1987), or with Akodon sensu stricto (Gardner and Patton, 1976). Morphological and karyological resemblances to other species of Abrothrix affirmed by Liascovich et al. (1989). |
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