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 (Microxus) latebricola
Anthony 1924
Akodon (Microxus) latebricola
Anthony 1924
,
Am.
Mus
. Novit., 139: 3
.
Type Locality:
Ecuador
,
Tungurahua Prov.
, east of Ambato on Río Cusutagua, Hacienda San Francisco,
8000 ft
(
2438 m
).
Vernacular Names:
Ecuadorean Akodont
.
Distribution:
Cordillera Oriental, ca. 2400-3840,
NC
Ecuador
(
Pichincha
and
Tungurahua
Provs.).
Conservation:
IUCN
– Lower Risk (lc).
Discussion:
Subgenus
Microxus
(see remarks under
Akodon bogotensis
and
A. mimus
).
Anthony (1924)
described the species based on a single specimen under
Microxus
, as genus, and critically compared it with
bogotensis
. Additional specimens reported, range extended northwardly, and morphological description expanded by
Voss (2003)
.