Abrothrix hirta

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: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida 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 hirta

Name

• Abrothrix hirta (Thomas, 1895)

Holotype: BMNH 60.1.5.15, adult indet., skin and skull.

Type locality: “Fort San Rafael, Mendoza,” Argentina.

Combinations

• Acodon hirtus Thomas, 1895: 370 [original combination]
• Abrothrix hirtus: Thomas, 1916: 340 [name combination – incorrect gender agreement]
• Abrothrix hirta: Teta & Pardiñas, 2014: 303,308 [name combination - gender agreement corrected]

Synonyms

• Akodon suffusus Thomas, 1903: 241 [synonymised by Teta & Pardiñas, 2014: 308]

Holotype: BMNH 03.7.9.48, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Valle del Lago Blanco, Southern Chubut (Cordillera Region),” Argentina.

• Akodon francei Thomas, 1908: 496 [synonymised by Teta & Pardiñas, 2014: 308]

Holotype: BMNH 8.11.19.1, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Santa Maria [= Estancia Santa María], Tierra del Fuego,” Magallanes y Antártica Chilena, Chile.

• Akodon suffusus modestior Thomas, 1919: 202 [synonymised by Teta & Pardiñas, 2014: 308]

Holotype: BMNH 18.12.2.22., adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Maiten [= El Maitén],” Chubut, Argentina.

• Akodon suffusus moerens Thomas, 1919: 203 [synonymised by Teta & Pardiñas, 2014: 308]

Holotype: BMNH 19.1.1.22, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Beatriz, [Península Quetrihué,] Nahuel Huapi. 800 m,” Río Negro, Argentina.

• Chelemys angustus Thomas, 1927: 654 [synonymised by Teta & Pardiñas, 2014: 308 (Pearson, 1984: 231)]

Holotype: BMNH 27.2.16.1, adult indet., skull.

Type locality: “Bariloche, E. of Lake Nahuel Huapi. Alt. 800 m,” Río Negro, Argentina.

• Akodon hirta nubila Thomas, 1929: 40 [synonymised by Teta & Pardiñas, 2014: 308]

Holotype: BMNH 28.12.11.76, adult ♀, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Estancia, Alta Vista, Lago Argentino, 600m,” Santa Cruz, Argentina.

• Akodon longipilis apta Osgood, 1943: 188 [synonymised by Teta & Pardiñas, 2014: 308]

Holotype: not specified.

Type locality: “Piedra de Aguilas, Sierra Nahuelbuta, Malleco, [Araucanía,] Chile. Altitude about 4,000 feet.”

• Akodon longipilis castaneus Osgood, 1943: 189 [synonymised by Teta & Pardiñas, 2014: 308]

Holotype: AMNH 97735, adult ♂, skin and skull.

Type locality: “Mocha Island, coast of southern Chile, Province of Arauco.”

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1895. Descriptions of four small mammals from South America, including one belonging to the peculiar marsupial genus “Hyracodon”. Tomes. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 6 16: 367–370.
• Thomas, O. 1903. Notes on Neotropical mammals of the genera Felis, Hapale, Oryzomys, Akodon, and Ctenomys, with descriptions of new species. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 7 12: 234–243.
• Thomas, O. 1908. A new Akodon from Tierra del Fuego. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 8 2: 496–497.
• Thomas, O. 1916. The grouping of the South- American Muridae commonly referred to Akodon. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 8 18: 336–340.
• Thomas, O. 1919. On mammals collected by Sr. E. Budin in North- western Patagonia. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 9 3: 199–212.
• Thomas, O. 1927. On a further collection of mammals collected by Sr. E. Budin in Neuquen, Patagonia. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History series 9 19: 650–658.
• 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.
• Pearson, O.P. 1984. Taxonomy and natural history of some fossorial rodents of Patagonia, southern Argentina. Journal of Zoology 202(2): 225–237. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1984.tb05952.x
• Teta, P. & Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2014. Variación morfológica cualitativa y cuantitativa en Abrothrix longipilis (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae). Mastozoología Neotropical 21(2): 291–309. Full article (PDF)

Additional references

• Palma, R.E., Cancino, R.A. & Rodríguez-Serrano, E. 2010. Molecular systematics of Abrothrix longipilis (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Chile. Journal of Mammalogy 91(5): 1102–1111. DOI: 10.1644/10-MAMM-A-031.1
• 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. 
• D’Elía, G., Teta, P., Upham, N.S., Pardiñas, U.F.J. & Patterson, B.D. 2015. Description of a new soft-haired mouse, genus Abrothrix (Sigmodontinae), from the temperate Valdivian rainforest. Journal of Mammalogy 96(4): 839–853. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyv103 Reference page.