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Akodon (Akodon) lutescens J. A. Allen 1901

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Akodon (Akodon) lutescens J. A. Allen 1901

Akodon (Akodon) lutescens J. A. Allen 1901, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 14: 46.

Type Locality: Perú, Puno Dept., Tirapata, 15,000 ft (4572 m).

Vernacular Names: Altiplano Akodont.

Synonyms: Akodon (Akodon) caenosus Thomas 1918; Akodon (Akodon) puer Thomas 1902.

Distribution: High altiplano of C Perú (Puno), through W Bolivia, to NW Argentina.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as A. puer.

Discussion: Subgenus Akodon, A. boliviensis species group (Myers et al., 1990). Anderson (1997) noted the earlier availability of lutescens for this species. Karyologic and morphometric variation presented, as A. caenosus, by Bárquez et al. (1980). In their revision of the boliviensis group, Myers et al. (1990) referred caenosus, maintained as a species by Cabrera (1961), and lutescens, classified as a subspecies of A. andinus by Cabrera (1961), to subspecies of A. puer (also see Vitullo et al., 1986). Hershkovitz (1990 c) listed caenosus as a species, as did Mares et al. (1997), but Anderson (1997) retained it, along with lutescens and puer, as formal subspecies. Also see remarks under A. aliquantulus.

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 1096, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
J. A. Allen
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Akodon
Species
lutescens
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Akodon (Akodon) lutescens Allen, 1901 sec. Wilson & Reeder, 2005

References

  • Myers, P., J. L. Patton, and M. F. Smith. 1990. A review of the boliviensis group of Akodon (Muridae: Sigmodontinae), with emphasis on Peru and Bolivia. Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 177: 1 - 104.
  • Anderson, S. 1997. Mammals of Bolivia, taxonomy and distribution. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 231: 1 - 652.
  • Vitullo, A. D., M. S. Merani, O. A. Reig, A. E. Kajon, O. Scaglia, M. B. Espinosa, and A. Perez-Zapata. 1986. Cytogenetics of South American akodont rodents (Cricetidae): New karyotypes and chromosomal banding patterns of Argentinian and Uruguayan forms. Journal of Mammalogy, 67: 69 - 80.
  • Hershkovitz, P. 1990 c. Mice of the Akodon boliviensis size class (Sigmodontinae, Cricetidae), with the description of two new species from Brazil. Fieldiana: Zoology, n. s., 57: 1 - 35.
  • Mares, M. A., R. A. Ojeda, J. K. Braun, and R. A. Barquez. 1997. Systematics, distribution, and ecology of the mammals of Catamarca Province, Argentina. Pp. 89 - 141, in Life among the muses: Papers in honor of James S. Findley (T. L. Yates, W. L. Gannon, and D. E. Wilson, eds.). The Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, v + 290 pp.