''Akodon'' is a genus consisting of
South America
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n grass mice. They mostly occur south of the
Amazon Basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Boli ...
and along the
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...
north to
Venezuela
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, 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
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Akodontini
Akodontini is the second most speciose rodent tribe of the subfamily Sigmodontinae. It includes at least 106 living species in 19 genera and is distributed mainly in the southern half of South America, with only two genera extending into Guyana ( ...
. Three of its
synonyms
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—''Chalcomys'', ''Hypsimys'', and particularly ''Microxus''—have sometimes been regarded as distinct genera.
Neomicroxus was separated in 2013. Previously associated with ''Akodon'', the genera ''
Abrothrix
''Abrothrix'' is a genus of rodent in the tribe Abrotrichini 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 ...
'', ''
Deltamys'', ''
Necromys
''Necromys'' is a genus of South American sigmodontine rodents allied to ''Akodon''. This genus has also been known as ''Cabreramys'' or more recently ''Bolomys'', and the northern grass mouse (''N. urichi'') has recently been transferred from ' ...
'', ''
Thalpomys
''Thalpomys'' is a genus of South American rodents in the tribe Akodontini of family Cricetidae. Two species are known, both found in the cerrado tropical savanna ecoregion of central Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federativ ...
'', and ''
Thaptomys'' are currently recognized as distinct. Some species of 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, ...
are called akodons.
The genus contains the following species:
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Akodon aerosus
''Akodon aerosus'', also known as the highland grass mouse or Yungas akodont,Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1092 is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is found in the eastern Andes from eastern Ecuador through Peru into central ...
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Akodon affinis''
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Akodon albiventer''
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Akodon azarae
''Akodon azarae'', also known as Azara's akodontMusser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1093 or Azara's grass mouse, is a rodent species from South America. It is found from southernmost Brazil through Paraguay and Uruguay into eastern Argentina. It is ...
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Akodon boliviensis''
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Akodon budini''
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Akodon caenosus''
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Akodon cursor''
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Akodon dayi''
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Akodon dolores''
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Akodon fumeus''
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Akodon glaucinus''
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Akodon iniscatus''
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Akodon juninensis''
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Akodon kofordi''
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Akodon lindberghi
Lindbergh's grass mouse (''Akodon lindberghi'') is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America ...
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Akodon lutescens
The Altiplano grass mouse (''Akodon lutescens'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is found in Bolivia, and Peru
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Akodon mimus''
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Akodon molinae
Molina's grass mouse (''Akodon molinae'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is found only in Argentina.
References
Akodon
Mammals of Argentina
Mammals described in 1968
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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Akodon mollis
The soft grass mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is found in Ecuador and Peru
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Akodon montensis''
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Akodon mystax
''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 ...
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Akodon neocenus''
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Akodon orophilus
The El Dorado grass mouse or Utcubamba akodont (''Akodon orophilus'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is found in Ecuador and Peru
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Akodon paranaensis''
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Akodon pervalens
The Tarija akodont (''Akodon pervalens''), or Tarija grass mouse, is a species in the family Cricetidae native to Bolivia, and possibly Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is ...
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Akodon philipmyersi''
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Akodon polopi''
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Akodon reigi
Reig's grass mouse (''Akodon reigi'') is a South American rodent species found in Brazil and Uruguay. It is named after Argentine biologist Osvaldo Reig
Osvaldo Alfredo Reig, (14 August 1929 – 13 March 1992), was an Argentine biologist and pa ...
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Akodon sanctipaulensis
''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 ...
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Akodon serrensis''
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Akodon siberiae''
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Akodon simulator''
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Akodon spegazzinii''
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Akodon subfuscus''
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Akodon surdus''
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Akodon sylvanus''
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Akodon tartareus
''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 wes ...
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Akodon toba''
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Akodon torques''
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Akodon varius
The variable grass mouse (''Akodon varius'') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from Bolivia
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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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