Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae
Author
Wilson, Don E.
Author
Reeder, DeeAnn
text
2005
The Johns Hopkins University Press
Baltimore
Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2
955
1189
book chapter
0-8018-8221-4
10.5281/zenodo.7316535
Akodon (Hypsimys) siberiae
Myers and Patton 1989
Akodon (Hypsimys) siberiae
Myers and Patton 1989
,
Occas. Pap.
Mus
. Zool., Univ.
Michigan
, 720: 4
.
Type Locality:
Bolivia
,
Cochabamba
Dept.,
28 km
(by road) W Comarapa,
2800 m
;
17°51'S
,
64°40'W
.
Vernacular Names:
Cochabamba
Akodont
.
Distribution:
Known only from the vicinity of the type locality, about
1800-3000 m
,
Cochabamba
and W
Santa Cruz
Depts., C
Bolivia
(
Anderson, 1997
).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Vulnerable.
Discussion:
Subgenus
Hypsimys
. Morphology and chromosomes suggest that
A. siberiae
is closely related to
A. budini
, the type species of
Hypsimys
(see
Myers and Patton, 1989
).