Abrothrix illutea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Abrotrichini
Genus: Abrothrix
Species: Abrothrix illutea

Name

• Abrothrix illutea Thomas, 1925: 582

Holotype: BMNH 25.3.1.13, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: "Concepción, 400 m," Tucumán, Argentina, later modified to "Sierra de Aconquija, 3000–4000 m" in the same province (Thomas 1929:41). Teta et al. (2011), however, reviewed this history and reaffirmed Concepción as the correct type locality: "Concepción (27.34° S, 65.59° W), in the Chicligasta Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina".

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1925. On some Argentine mammals. I. Two new rodents from Tucuman Province. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 9 25: 582–583.
• Thomas, O. 1929. The mammals of Señor Budin’s Patagonian expedition, 1927– 28. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 10 4: 35–45.
• Teta, P., D’Elía, G., Pardiñas, U.F.J., Jayat, J.P. & Ortiz, P. 2011. Phylogenetic position and morphology of Abrothrix illutea Thomas, 1925, with comments on the incongruence between gene trees of Abrothrix (Rodentia, Cricetidae) and their implications for the delimitation of the genus. Zoosystematics and Evolution 87(2): 227–241. DOI: 10.1002/zoos.201100005

Additional references

• Patterson, B.D., Smith, M.F. & Teta, P. 2015. Genus Abrothrix Waterhouse, 1837. Pp. 109–127 in Patton, J.L., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & D’Elía, G. (eds.). Mammals of South America. Volume 2. Rodents. The University of Chicago Press: Chicago, Illinois. ISBN 978-0-226-16957-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Abrothrix illutea in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• IUCN: Abrothrix illutea  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Gray Akodont, Gray Grass Mouse, Gray Soft-haired Mouse