Akodon azarae

Taxonavigation edit

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
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Akodon
Species: Akodon azarae
Subspecies: A. a. azarae – A. a. bibianae – A. a. hunter

Name edit

Holotype:

Type locality: “In Paraguaya” although Azara wrote (1802:94) “en los 30 1⁄2 grados de latitude,” erroneously interpreted as “301⁄2° (= latitude of Entre Ríos) Argentina” by Tate (1932: 26; see also Cabrera 1961: 440); Pardiñas et al. (2007: 401) reviewed the available evidence and corrected the type locality to “São Gabriel (30°19′S, 54°19′W, 118 m) . . . in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul.”

Combinations edit

  • M[us]? azarae J. B. Fischer, 1829: 325 [original combination]
  • Akodon azarae: Tate, 1932: 5 [name combination]

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Fischer, J.B. 1829. Synopsis mammalium. Stuttgardtiae: J. G. Cottae, xlii + 752 pp.

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