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Abrothrix jelskii Thomas 1894

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, pp. 955-1189 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1089, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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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.