Abrothrix lanosa

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

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

Name

• Abrothrix lanosa (Thomas, 1897)

Holotype: BMNH 80.7.28.11, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Monteith Bay, Straits of Magellan,” equated to Seno Monteith, in the Madre de Dios Archipelago, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena, Chile by Teta, Pardiñas & D’Elía (2006).

Combinations

• Oxymycterus lanosus Thomas, 1897: 218 [original combination]
• Microxus lanosus: Thomas, 1909: 237 [name combination]
• Akodon (Abrothrix) lanosus: Osgood, 1943: 197 [name combination]
• Akodon lanosus: Tamayo, Núñez & Yáñez, 1987: 5 [name combination]
• [Abrothrix] lanosus: Smith & Patton, 1993: 172 [name combination but incorrect gender agreement]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1894. Descriptions of four new South-American Mammals. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 6 20: 218–221.
• Osgood, W.H. 1943. The mammals of Chile. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 30: 1–268. BHL Reference page. 
• Tamayo, M., Núñez, H. & Yáñez, J. 1987. Lista sistematica actualizada de los mamíferos vivientes en Chile y sus nombres comunes. Noticiario Mensual de Museo Nacional de Historia Natural Chile 312: 1–14.
• Smith, M.F. & Patton, J.L. 1993. The diversification of South American murid rodents: evidence from mtDNA sequence data for the akodontine tribe. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 50(3): 149–177. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.1993.tb00924.x

Additional references

• Feijoo M., D’Elía, G., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & Lessa, E.P. 2010. Systematics of the southern Patagonian-Fueguian endemic Abrothrix lanosus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae): phylogenetic position, karyotypic and morphological data. Mammalian Biology 75(2): 122–137. DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2008.10.004
• 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 lanosa 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 lanosa  (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Woolly Grass Mouse, Woolly Akodont