Akodon Meyen 1833
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Cricetidae
Akodon

description: <i>Akodon</i> Meyen, 1833. Verhandl. Kais. Leop.-Carol. Akad. Wiss., 16(2):599. REVIEWED BY: M. D. Carleton (MDC); A. Langguth (AL); M. A. Mares (MAM); R. A. Ojeda (RAO); O. A. Reig (OAR). COMMENT: Ellerman, 1941, included in <i>Akodon,</i> as subgenera, the following genera named by Thomas: <i>Thalpomys, Thaptomys,</i> <i>Bolomys, Chroeomys, Deltamys, Hypsimys,</i> and also <i>Abrothrix</i> Waterhouse. Cabrera, 1961:457-458, followed Ellerman but also included <i>Microxus</i> as a subgenus and <i>Chalcomys</i> as a synonym of <i>Akodon.</i> Reig, 1978, Publ. Mus. Munie. Cienc. Nat. Mar del Plata “Lorenzo Scaglia," 2(8): 164-190, included <i>Abrothrix,</i> <i>Chroeomys, Deltamys, Hypsimys,</i> and <i>Thalpomys</i> as subgenera and <i>Chalcomys</i> and <i>Thaptomys</i> as synonyms but considered <i>Bolomys</i> and <i>Microxus</i> distinct genera; this was a réévaluation of his views in Bianchi <i>et al.,</i> 1971, Evolution, 25:724-736, in which <i>Abrothrix, Bolomys, Chroeomys, Hypsimys,</i> <i>Microxus, Thalpomys,</i> and <i>Thaptomys</i> were considered distinct genera; also see Reig, 1980, J. Zool. Lond., 192:257-281. Corbet and Hill, 1980:150- 151, followed Bianchi <i>et al.,</i> 1971, Evolution, 25:724-736. Massoia, 1964, Physis, ser. 24, 68:299-305, included <i>Deltamys</i> as a subgenus of <i>Akodon;</i> but also see Massoia, 1980, Hist. Nat., 1 (25): 179, who listed <i>Deltamys</i> as a distinct genus, but did not mention Reig, 1978:164- 190, (followed here) who included it in <i>Akodon</i> as a subgenus. <i>Thalpomys,</i> based on <i>T. lasiotis</i> (which is a synonym of <i>Bolomys lasiurus),</i> is a subjective synonym of <i>Bolomys;</i> see Langguth, 1975, Papeis Avulsos Zool. Sao Paulo, 29(8):45-54. Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:1 -48, listed <i>Abrothrix</i> as a distinct genus, following Bianchi <i>et al.,</i> 1971, Evolution, 25:724-736, but included it in the oxymycterine group following Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 127. Arata, 1967, <i>in</i> Anderson and Jones, p. 229, included <i>Microxus</i> in <i>Akodon;</i> Hershkovitz, 1966, Z. Saugetierk., 31: 86, placed <i>Microxus</i> in <i>Abrothrix</i> as a synonym. Reig, 1978:164- 190, and Reig, 1980, J. Zool. Lond., 192:257-281, are followed here (except <i>Thalpomys</i> is included in <i>Bolomys).</i> Formerly included <i>arviculoides, tapirapoanus</i> (which were included in species of <i>Bolomys</i> by Reig, 1978:167), and <i>chacoensis</i> (which was transferred to <i>Bibimys</i> by Massoia, 1980, Ameghiniana, 17: 280-287). This genus is in need of revision. Subfamily Hesperomyinae; see comment under Cricetidae. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008001000000.
description: Published as part of <i>James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman &amp; James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. &amp; The Association of Systematics Collections</i> on page 393, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031
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