Akodon reigi

E. M. González, Langguth, & L. F. B. de Oliveira, 1998

Reig's Grass Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Akodontini
Genus : Akodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

González, E.M., Langguth, A.R. and Oliveira, L.F.B. de. 1998. A new species of Akodon from Uruguay and southern Brazil (Mammalia: Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Comunicaciones Zoológicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 12(191):1-8.

Original name as described

Akodon reigi

Other common names

Reig's Akodont

Type material

MNHNU 3649

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Paso Averías, Departamento de Lavalleja, Uruguay (Lat. 33°60'S; Long. 54°40'W)." (33.60° S, 54.40° W)

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Uruguay

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002417

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Akodon reigi

E. M. González, Langguth, & L. F. B. de Oliveira, 1998

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

reigi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHNU 3649

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

2

Authority publication

Comunicaciones Zoológicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:481) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136693/22382934) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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