Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Akodon
Species (38): A. aerosus - A. affinis - A. albiventer - A. azarae - A. boliviensis - A. budini – A. caenosus – A. cursor - A. dayi - A. dolores - A. fumeus - A. hershkovitzi - A. illuteus - A. iniscatus - A. juninensis - A. kofordi – A. kotosh – A. lindberghi – A. lutescens – A. mimus – A. mollis – A. montensis – A. mystax – A. orophilus – A. paranaensis – A. pervalens – A. philipmyersi – A. polopi – A. reigi – A. sanctipaulensis – A. siberiae – A. simulator – A. spegazzinii – A. subfuscus – A. surdus – A. sylvanus – A. toba – A. torques – A. varius
Name
Akodon Meyen, 1833: 599
Type species: Akodon boliviense Meyen, 1833, by original designation.
References
Primary references
Meyen, F.J.F. 1833. Beiträge zur Zoologie, gesammelt auf einer Reise um die Erde. Zweite Abhandlung. Säugethiere. Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum Exhibentia Ephemerides sive Observationes Historias et Experimenta 16(2): 549–610 + 7 plates.
Additional references
Jayat, J.P., Ortiz, P.E., Salazar-Bravo, J., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D'Elía, G. 2010. The Akodon boliviensis species group (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Argentina: species limits and distribution, with the description of a new entity. Zootaxa 2409: 1–61. Preview. Reference page.
Braun, J.K., Mares, M.A., Coyner, B.S. & Van Den Bussche, R.A. 2010. New species of Akodon (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from central Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 91(2): 387–400. DOI: 10.1644/09-MAMM-A-048.1 Reference page.
D'Elía, G., Jayat, J.P., Ortiz, P.E., Salazar-Bravo, J. & Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2011. Akodon polopi Jayat et al., 2010 is a senior subjective synonym of Akodon viridescens Braun et al., 2010. Zootaxa 2744: 62–64. Preview Reference page.
Jiménez, C.F., Pacheco, V. & Vivas, D. 2013. An introduction to the systematics of Akodon orophilus Osgood, 1913 (Rodentia: Cricetidae) with the description of a new species. Zootaxa 3669(3): 223–242. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3669.3.2 Reference page.
Pardiñas, U.F.J., Teta, P., Alvarado-Serrano, D., Geise, L., Jayat, J.P., Ortiz, P.E., Gonçalves, P.R. & D’Elía, G. 2015. Genus Akodon Meyen, 1833. Pp. 144–204 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.), Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page.
Jiménez, C.F. & Pacheco, V. 2016. A new species of grass mouse, genus Akodon Meyen, 1833 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae), from the central Peruvian Yungas. Therya 7(3): 449–464. DOI: 10.12933/therya-16-336 Reference page.
Links
Akodon in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Südamerikanische Feldmäuse
English: South American Grass Mice
português: Rato-do-chão
Akodon is a genus consisting of South American grass mice. They mostly occur south of the Amazon Basin and along the Andes north to Venezuela, but are absent from much of the basin itself, the far south of the continent, and the lowlands west of the Andes. Akodon is one of the most species-rich genera of Neotropical rodents. Species of Akodon are known to inhabit a variety of habitats from tropical and tropical moist forests to altiplano and desert. Fossils are known from the late Pliocene onwards.[2]
Taxonomy
Akodon is the largest genus in the tribe Akodontini. Three of its synonyms—Chalcomys, Hypsimys, and particularly Microxus—have sometimes been regarded as distinct genera. Neomicroxus was separated in 2013. Previously associated with Akodon, the genera Abrothrix, Deltamys, Necromys, Thalpomys, and Thaptomys are currently recognized as distinct. Some species of the tribe Abrotrichini are called akodons.
The genus contains the following species:[3]
Akodon aerosus
Akodon affinis
Akodon albiventer
Akodon azarae
Akodon boliviensis
Akodon budini
Akodon caenosus[fn 1]
Akodon cursor
Akodon dayi
Akodon dolores[fn 2]
Akodon fumeus
Akodon glaucinus[fn 3]
Akodon iniscatus
Akodon juninensis
Akodon kofordi
Akodon lindberghi
Akodon lutescens
Akodon mimus
Akodon molinae
Akodon mollis
Akodon montensis
Akodon mystax
Akodon neocenus
Akodon orophilus
Akodon paranaensis
Akodon pervalens
Akodon philipmyersi[fn 4]
Akodon polopi[fn 5]
Akodon reigi
Akodon sanctipaulensis
Akodon serrensis
Akodon siberiae
Akodon simulator
Akodon spegazzinii[fn 6]
Akodon subfuscus
Akodon surdus
Akodon sylvanus
Akodon tartareus[fn 3]
Akodon toba
Akodon torques
Akodon varius
Footnotes
In 2010, this species was split from A. lutescens to include the formerly recognized A. aliquantulus.[4]
This species includes the formerly recognized A. molinae.[5]
This species was split from A. simulator in 2008.[5]
Newly described in 2005.[6]
Newly described in 2010.[4] This species includes Akodon viridescens,[7] another new species described in 2010.[8]
This species includes the previously recognized A. leucolimnaeus[4] and A. oenos.[9]
References
Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1093
González, E.M.; Pardiñas, U.F.J. (2002). "Deltamys kempi". Mammalian Species. 711: Number 711: pp. 1–4. doi:10.1644/1545-1410(2002)711<0001:DK>2.0.CO;2.
Musser and Carleton, 2005, pp. 1092–1100
Jayat et al., 2010
Braun et al., 2008
Pardiñas et al., 2005
Braun et al., 2010
D'Elía et al., 2011
Pardiñas et al., 2011
Literature cited
Braun, J.K., Coyner, B.S., Mares, M.A. and Van Den Bussche, R.A. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of South American grass mice of the Akodon varius group (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) in South America. Journal of Mammalogy 89(3):768-777.
Braun, J. K., M. A. Mares, B. S. Coyner, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. 2010. New species of Akodon (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from central Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy, 91(2):387–400.
D'Elía, G., Jayat, J.P., Ortiz, P.E., Salazar-Bravo, J. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2011. Akodon polopi Jayat et al., 2010 is a senior subjective synonym of Akodon viridescens Braun et al., 2010 (first page). Zootaxa 2744:62–64.
Jayat, J.P., Ortiz, P.E., Salazar-Bravo, J., Pardiñas, U.F.J. and D'Elía, G. 2010. The Akodon boliviensis species group (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Argentina: species limits and distribution, with the description of a new entity (abstract). Zootaxa 2409:1–61.
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
Pardiñas, U.F.J., D'Elía, G., Cirignoli, S. and Suarez, P. 2005. A new species of Akodon (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from the Northern Campos grasslands of Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 86(3):462–474.
Pardiñas, U.F.J., Teta, P., D'Elía, G. and Diaz, G.B. 2011. Taxonomic status of Akodon oenos (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae), an obscure species from West Central Argentina (abstract). Zootaxa 2749:47–61.
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