''Abrothrix'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the Order (biology), order Rodentia ( ), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and Mandible, lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal specie ...
in the tribe
Abrotrichini
Abrotrichini, also known as the Andean clade or southern Andean clade,Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1087 is a tribe of rodents in the subfamily Sigmodontinae.D'Elía et al., 2007, p. 188 It includes about fifteen species in four genera, ...
of family
Cricetidae
The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, muskrats, and New World rats and mice. At over 870 species, it is either the largest or second-largest family ...
.
It contains the following living species:
[Teta et al., 2017]
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Abrothrix andina''
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Abrothrix hershkovitzi''
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Abrothrix hirta''
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Abrothrix illutea''
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Abrothrix jelskii''
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Abrothrix lanosa''
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Abrothrix longipilis
''Abrothrix longipilis'', also known as the long-haired grass mouse or long-haired akodont,Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1089 is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to central Argentina and Chile. Until 2014 it was th ...
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Abrothrix manni''
[D'Elia G, Teta P, Upham NS, Pardinas UFJ & Patterson BD (2015]
Description of a new soft-haired mouse, genus Abrothrix (Sigmodontinae), from the temperate Valdivian rainforest.
Journal of Mammalogy 96; 4: 839-853
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Abrothrix olivacea''
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Abrothrix sanborni''
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Abrothrix xanthorhina''
Footnotes
References
Literature cited
*MUSSER, G. G. AND M. D. CARLETON. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference, 3rd ed (Wilson DE and Reeder DAM eds.), Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
*D'Elía, G., Pardiñas, U.F.J., Teta, P. and Patton, J.L. 2007
Definition and diagnosis of a new tribe of sigmodontine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae), and a revised classification of the subfamily Gayana 71(2):187–194.
*TETA, P., C. CAÑÓN, B. D. PATTERSON, AND U. F. J. PARDIÑAS. 2017
Phylogeny of the tribe Abrotrichini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae): integrating morphological and molecular evidence into a new classification Cladistics 33(2):153–182.
*Rodríguez-Serrano, E., Hernández, C.E. and Palma, R.E. 2008
A new record and an evaluation of the phylogenetic relationships of ''Abrothrix olivaceus markhami'' (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) Mammalian Biology 73(4):309–317.
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