Akodon

''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 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:Musser and Carleton, 2005, pp. 1092–1100
*'' Akodon aerosus''
*''Akodon affinis''
*'' Akodon albiventer''
*''Akodon azarae''
*'' Akodon boliviensis''
*''Akodon budini''
*''Akodon caenosus''
*''Akodon cursor''
*''Akodon dayi''
*''Akodon dolores''
*''Akodon fumeus''
*''Akodon glaucinus''
*''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''
*'' Akodon polopi''
*'' Akodon reigi''
*'' Akodon sanctipaulensis''
*'' Akodon serrensis''
*'' Akodon siberiae''
*'' Akodon simulator''
*'' Akodon spegazzinii''
*'' Akodon subfuscus''
*'' Akodon surdus''
*''Akodon sylvanus''
*''Akodon tartareus''
*'' Akodon toba''
*'' Akodon torques''
*'' Akodon varius''

Footnotes

References

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

( ttp://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02744p064f.pdf 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 entityabstract
. 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.
*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

( ttp://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02749p061f.pdf abstract. Zootaxa 2749:47–61.

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Rodent genera