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AkodonisagenusconsistingofSouthAmericangrassmice.Theymostly occursouthoftheAmazonBasinandalongtheAndesnorthtoVenezuela, butareabsentfrommuchofthebasinitself,thefarsouthofthecontinent, andthelowlandswestoftheAndes.Akodonisoneofthemostspeciesrich generaofNeotropicalrodents.SpeciesofAkodonareknowntoinhabita varietyofhabitatsfromtropicalandtropicalmoistforeststoaltiplanoand desert.

Akodon
Temporalrange:LatePliocene Recent

Scientificclassification Kingdom: Phylum: Class: Order: Family: Subfamily: Tribe: Genus: Animalia Chordata Mammalia Rodentia Cricetidae Sigmodontinae Akodontini Akodon
Meyen,1833

Contents
1Taxonomy 2Footnotes 3References 4Literaturecited

Superfamily: Muroidea

Taxonomy
AkodonisthelargestgenusinthetribeAkodontini.Threeofitssynonyms Chalcomys,Hypsimys,andparticularlyMicroxushavesometimesbeen regardedasdistinctgenera.PreviouslyassociatedwithAkodon,thegenera Abrothrix,Deltamys,Necromys,Thalpomys,andThaptomysarecurrently recognizedasdistinct. Thegenuscontainsthefollowingspecies:[2] Akodonaerosus Akodonaffinis Akodonalbiventer Akodonazarae Akodonbogotensis Akodonboliviensis Akodonbudini Akodoncaenosus[fn1] Akodoncursor Akodondayi Akodondolores[fn2] Akodonfumeus Akodonglaucinus[fn3]

Typespecies Akodonboliviensis
Meyen,1833

Species Seetext Synonyms[1] AcodonAgassiz,1846 AxodonGiebel,1855 ChalcomysThomas,

1916

HypsimysThomas,1918 MicroxusThomas,1909 PlectomysBorchertand

Hansen,1983(nomen

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Akodoniniscatus Akodonjuninensis Akodonkofordi Akodonlatebricola Akodonlindberghi Akodonlutescens Akodonmimus Akodonmollis Akodonmontensis Akodonmystax Akodonneocenus Akodonorophilus Akodonparanaensis Akodonpervalens Akodonphilipmyersi[fn4] Akodonpolopi[fn5] Akodonreigi Akodonsanctipaulensis Akodonserrensis Akodonsiberiae Akodonsimulator Akodonspegazzinii[fn6] Akodonsubfuscus Akodonsurdus Akodonsylvanus Akodontartareus[fn3] Akodontoba Akodontorques Akodonvarius

nudum)

Footnotes
^In2010,thisspecieswassplitfromA.lutescenstoincludetheformerlyrecognizedA.aliquantulus.[3] ^ThisspeciesincludestheformerlyrecognizedA.molinae.[4] ^abThisspecieswassplitfromA.simulatorin2008.[4] ^Newlydescribedin2005.[5] ^Newlydescribedin2010.[3]ThisspeciesincludesAkodonviridescens,[6]anothernewspeciesdescribedin 2010.[7] 6. ^ThisspeciesincludesthepreviouslyrecognizedA.leucolimnaeus[3]andA.oenos.[8] 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

References
1. ^MusserandCarleton,2005,p.1093

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2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

^MusserandCarleton,2005,pp.10921100 ^abcJayatetal.,2010 ^abBraunetal.,2008 ^Pardiasetal.,2005 ^Braunetal.,2010 ^D'Elaetal.,2011 ^Pardiasetal.,2011

Literaturecited
Braun,J.K.,Coyner,B.S.,Mares,M.A.andVanDenBussche,R.A.2008.Phylogeneticrelationships ofSouthAmericangrassmiceoftheAkodonvariusgroup(Rodentia,Cricetidae,Sigmodontinae)in SouthAmerica(http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1644/07MAMMA269R1.1).Journalof Mammalogy89(3):768777. Braun,J.K.,M.A.Mares,B.S.Coyner,andR.A.VanDenBussche.2010.NewspeciesofAkodon (Rodentia:Cricetidae:Sigmodontinae)fromcentralArgentina (http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1644/09MAMMA048.1).JournalofMammalogy,91(2):387 400. D'Ela,G.,Jayat,J.P.,Ortiz,P.E.,SalazarBravo,J.andPardias,U.F.J.2011.AkodonpolopiJayatet al.,2010isaseniorsubjectivesynonymofAkodonviridescensBraunetal.,2010 (http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2744.html)(firstpage (http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02744p064f.pdf)).Zootaxa2744:6264. Jayat,J.P.,Ortiz,P.E.,SalazarBravo,J.,Pardias,U.F.J.andD'Ela,G.2010.TheAkodonboliviensis speciesgroup(Rodentia:Cricetidae:Sigmodontinae)inArgentina:specieslimitsanddistribution,with thedescriptionofanewentity(http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2010/2409.html)(abstract (http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02409p061f.pdf)).Zootaxa2409:161. Musser,G.G.andCarleton,M.D.2005.SuperfamilyMuroidea (http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000539).Pp.8941531inWilson,D.E.and Reeder,D.M.(eds.).MammalSpeciesoftheWorld:ataxonomicandgeographicreference.3rded (http://google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA1093).Baltimore:TheJohnsHopkins UniversityPress,2vols.,2142pp.ISBN9780801882210 Pardias,U.F.J.,D'Ela,G.,Cirignoli,S.andSuarez,P.2005.AnewspeciesofAkodon(Rodentia, Cricetidae)fromtheNorthernCamposgrasslandsofArgentina (http://evolucion.fcien.edu.uy/guillermo/philipmyersi.pdf).JournalofMammalogy86(3):462474. Pardias,U.F.J.,Teta,P.,D'Ela,G.andDiaz,G.B.2011.TaxonomicstatusofAkodonoenos (Rodentia,Sigmodontinae),anobscurespeciesfromWestCentralArgentina (http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2749.html)(abstract (http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02749p061f.pdf)).Zootaxa2749:4761. Retrievedfrom"http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akodon&oldid=563676922" Categories: Akodontini Thispagewaslastmodifiedon10July2013at15:10.

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