Abrothrix jelskii Thomas 1894
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Abrothrix jelskii Thomas 1894
Abrothrix jelskii Thomas 1894, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, 14: 360.
Type Locality: Perú, Junín Dept., Junín.
Vernacular Names: Ornate Akodont.
Synonyms: Abrothrix bacchante (Thomas 1902); Abrothrix cayllomae (Thomas 1901); Abrothrix cruceri (Thomas 1901); Abrothrix inambarii (Thomas 1901); Abrothrix inornatus (Thomas 1917); Abrothrix ochrotis (Sanborn 1947); Abrothrix pulcherrimus (Thomas 1897); Abrothrix pyrrhotis (Thomas 1894); Abrothrix scalops (Thomas 1884); Abrothrix sodalis (Thomas 1913).
Distribution: Altiplano, about 2200-5000 m, from C Perú (see Arana-Cardó and Ascorra, 1994) to W Bolivia and NW Argentina.
Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Chroeomys jelskii.
Discussion: Revised by Sanborn (1947 b); Anderson (1997) observed Sanborn’s subspecific boundaries for Bolivian samples. Patton and Smith (1992) questioned whether chromatically highly differentiated northern and southern populations really belong to a single species.
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- Is part of
- Book chapter: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 (DOI)
- Book chapter: http://publication.plazi.org/id/05F3D1847A4743C70A50558FE6B48509 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/6C71A3E4DDFD5BC4BA5FDE870509F176 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/231522780 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Thomas
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Genus
- Abrothrix
- Species
- jelskii
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Abrothrix jelskii Thomas, 1894 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005
References
- Thomas, O. 1894. On the mammals of Nyasaland: Third contribution. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1894: 136 - 142.
- Sanborn, C. C. 1947 b. Geographical races of the rodent Akodon jelskii Thomas. Fieldiana: Zoology, 31: 133 - 142.
- Anderson, S. 1997. Mammals of Bolivia, taxonomy and distribution. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 231: 1 - 652.
- Patton, J. L., and M. F. Smith. 1992. Evolution and systematics of akodontine rodents (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) of Peru, with emphasis on the genus Akodon. Memorias del Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Lima), 21: 83 - 103.