- Abrothrix
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Abrothrix
Temporal range: Pliocene to RecentScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Sigmodontinae Tribe: Akodontini Genus: Abrothrix
Waterhouse, 1837Type species Mus longipilis
Waterhouse, 1837Species See text
Synonyms - Chroeomys Thomas, 1916
- Habrothrix Wagner, 1843[fn 1]
Abrothrix is a genus of rodent in the tribe Abrotrichini of family Cricetidae.[2] It contains the following living species:[3]
- Abrothrix andinus
- Abrothrix hershkovitzi
- Abrothrix illuteus
- Abrothrix jelskii
- Abrothrix lanosus
- Abrothrix longipilis
- Abrothrix olivaceus[fn 2]
- Abrothrix sanborni
Footnotes
- ^ Misspelling.[1]
- ^ Includes A. o. markhami as a subspecies.[4]
References
Literature cited
- D'Elía, G., Pardiñas, U.F.J., Teta, P. and Patton, J.L. 2007. Definition and diagnosis of a new tribe of sigmodontine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae), and a revised classification of the subfamily. Gayana 71(2):187–194.
- Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
- Rodríguez-Serrano, E., Hernández, C.E. and Palma, R.E. 2008. A new record and an evaluation of the phylogenetic relationships of Abrothrix olivaceus markhami (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Mammalian Biology 73(4):309–317.
Kingdom: Animalia · Phylum: Chordata · Class: Mammalia · Order: Rodentia · Family: Cricetidae · Subfamily: SigmodontinaeAbrothrix A. andinus · A. hershkovitzi · A. illuteus · A. jelskii · A. lanosus · A. longipilis · A. olivaceus · A. sanborniChelemys Geoxus G. valdivianusNotiomys Pearsonomys P. annectensCategories:- Sigmodontinae stubs
- Abrotrichini
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