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. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher, 16(2):600, pl. 43, fig. 1.
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locality: “Auf der Hochebene von Hochperu, in dem Indianer-dorfe Pichu-pichun, auf einer Höhe von
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., Chucuito Province,
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(as clarified by
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Myers
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Description: Detailed morphological description in
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Myers
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. The specimens of northwestern
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follow, in general, this description and can be distinguished from the remaining species present in this region by the following combination of characters. Dorsal fur soft and somewhat dense, with dorsal coloration uniform pale brown with an olivaceous tinge and lightly streaked with black hairs. Yellow eyerings well defined. Ears of the same color as dorsum and densely covered with hairs. Coloration of sides similar to or somewhat lighter than dorsum. Venter buffy, clearly contrasting with dorsum. Chin with a small patch of completely white hairs. Inguinal region almost rufous in some individuals. Fore and hind feet of the same general coloration than the venter, with bicolored hairs, brown on base and whitish or pale buff on tip. Tail heavily covered with hairs and bicolored, dark brown dorsally and whitish or pale buffy ventrally.
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<paragraph id="610936FBFF90FFB5D98B8D57FC9BFB49" blockId="19.[151,1437,322,2028]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Skull with rostrum short and relatively broad. Zygomatic notches proportionally broad and deep. Frontal sinuses slightly swollen. Interorbital region slightly divergent with margins in posterior half something squared in adult specimens. Zygomatic arches relatively well developed. Braincase inflated with temporal and lambdoidal crests relatively well developed. Zygomatic plate with anterior margin flat or slightly concave, oriented vertically or slopes gently backward from bottom to top. Most of examined specimens shows a posterior ascending process of alisphenoid projected at least to the squamoso-alisphenoid groove. Incisive foramina extending to the level of the hypoflexus of M1 or surpassed it. Mesopterygoid fossa narrow with straight borders and sides either parallel or gradually diverging posteriorly, and anterior margin rounded or squared. Parapterygoid fossae broader than mesopterygoid fossa, diverging backward and with straight to slightly convex lateral margins. Mandibular ramus delicate with masseteric crest extending slightly behind of the anterior border of m1, although in some individuals it only reaches the level of protoflexid. Capsular projection well developed and generally situated below the sigmoid notch.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610936FBFF90FFB5D98B8A97FADAF9B9" blockId="19.[151,1437,322,2028]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Upper incisors generally orthodont. The M1 with procingulum and anteromedian flexus well developed. The anteroloph and mesoloph are always present, the enteroloph is tiny and present only in some specimens. The M2 shows a well developed mesoloph and the M3 is large and complex, with well developed metaflexus and hypoflexus making it distinctively “8”-shaped in most specimens. The m1 presents a well developed procingulum and a penetrating anteromedian flexid. Protostylid and ectostylid are always presents but the second is poorly defined in some individuals. A small mesolophid-mesostylid is present in a few specimens. In m2 most of the examined specimens have an ectostylid, and a mesolophid-mesostylid is present only in a few individuals but always vestigial (the only young specimen and two adults individuals). The m3 is proportionally large (nearly a half of m2), showing a poorly developed anterior cingulid in most specimens.</paragraph>
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Karyotype: 2n = 40, FN = 40-42, from
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and
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Departments,
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(
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;
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Myers
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Variation: In the few known specimens from northwestern
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most variation is age-dependent. Pelage color of young specimens is slightly darker than that of adults. Young individuals also present a shorter and more delicate rostrum, narrower zygomatic notch, less swollen frontal sinuses, broader interorbital region and more inflated braincase. Moreover, the incisive foramina and the mesopterygoid fossa are narrower and the parapterygoid fossae not as deeply excavated. Some variable characters unrelated with age include the general coloration, with some individuals more richly colored; eye ring, development of the hamular process of the squamosal (i.e., tympanic hook in
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Myers
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) and the shape of anterior margin of the mesopterygoid fossa. Representatives of this species in northwestern
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are morphometricly indistinguishable from those of
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and
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although they are slightly smaller in some measurements (e.g.
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,
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) and slightly larger in others (e.g.
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,
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,
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2). Nine specimens coming from Abra de Cienaga Negra and one from Azul Cuesta show subtle morphologic and morphometric differences respect to the specimens from Rodeo Pampa and Pampa Verde (whose haplotypes were more closely related to that of a Peruvian specimen
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171607). These specimens are more richly colored, have a broader interorbital constriction (
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) and rostral width (
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2), and a thiner zygomatic plate (ZP).
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Comparisons:
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is a medium sized species within the
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DD5E8F52FB43FED3" box="[1043,1168,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">boliviensis</emphasis>
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group and is, on average, larger than
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D8158F2DFEB9FEFE" box="[344,362,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D8378F2DFE36FEFE" box="[378,485,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">caenosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for most of the analyzed measurements (
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). Nevertheless, only braincase breadth (BB), mid rostral width (
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2) and molars series (
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and MdTRL) were statistically different according to the N HSD test (
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). The PCA analysis indicates some overlap between these species (
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) but the DA misclassified only one of the specimens of
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DA0C8FBDFC33FE4E" box="[833,992,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A. boliviensis</emphasis>
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as
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DD458FBDFB46FE4E" box="[1032,1173,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A. caenosus</emphasis>
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. In general, the coloration of
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D9B48F97FED8FD94" box="[249,267,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D8578F97FE44FD94" box="[282,407,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">boliviensis</emphasis>
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is somewhat paler than
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DBF98F97FD15FD94" box="[692,710,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DB988F97FC93FD94" box="[725,832,488,513]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">caenosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the ears are more densely furred. Cranial traits such as a more developed zygomatic notches and a proportionally narrower interobital region distinguish
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DCCE8C72FA46FDB3" box="[1411,1429,525,550]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D9DA8C4DFEC7FDDE" box="[151,276,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Contrary to that observed in
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DB3C8C4DFD50FDDE" box="[625,643,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DBDC8C4DFCDDFDDE" box="[657,782,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, only in few studied specimens of
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DDE98C4DFB65FDDE" box="[1188,1206,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DD898C4DFAFCFDDE" box="[1220,1327,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">caenosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in northwestern
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the posterior ascending process of the alisphenoid extend to the squamoso-alisphenoid groove. As
<bibRefCitation id="05274B0AFF97FFB2D8538C02FDD3FD02" author="Myers, P. &amp; Patton, J. L. &amp; Smith, M. F." box="[286,512,637,663]" journalOrPublisher="Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" pagination="1 - 89" part="177" refString="Myers, P., Patton, J. L. &amp; Smith, M. F. (1990) A review of the boliviensis group of Akodon (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) with emphasis on Peru and Bolivia. Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 177, 1 - 89." title="A review of the boliviensis group of Akodon (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) with emphasis on Peru and Bolivia" type="journal article" year="1990">
Myers
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D83D8C02FE70FD03" box="[368,419,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">et al</emphasis>
. (1990)
</bibRefCitation>
recognized, the shape of M3 and the thickness of the hamular process of squamosal also differentiate both species. However,
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DB8A8CDDFC81FD2E" box="[711,850,674,699]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A. caenosus</emphasis>
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shows a great variability in these traits. Additionally, these species show a relatively high average percentage (7.0%) of genetic divergence (
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). The examined skins of
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D8E78C92FD5AFC93" box="[426,649,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Akodon boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are very similar to those of specimens of
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DD358C92FA88FC93" box="[1144,1371,749,774]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Akodon spegazzinii</emphasis>
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from high altitude localities, sharing similar hue and color patterns. However,
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DAB58D6DFBD9FCBE" box="[1016,1034,786,811]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DD578D6DFB44FCBE" box="[1050,1175,786,811]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is on average smaller than
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D99C8D47FF30FCC4" box="[209,227,824,849]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D9BF8D47FEA7FCC4" box="[242,372,824,849]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">spegazzinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for most morphometric measurements (
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) with the N HSD test indicating significative differences in seven of these measurements (
<tableCitation id="2C340340FF97FFB2DB9C8D22FCFEFCE2" box="[721,813,861,887]" captionStart="TABLE 2" captionStartId="11.[151,242,157,181]" captionTargetBox="[165,1405,254,1084]" captionText="TABLE 2. Significative average values among adult specimens (age classes 3 and 4) of 5 species of the Akodon boliviensis group in Argentina according the N HDS test. Abbreviations as provided in text." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/35C96673FF88FFADD9DA8EE2FBBFFF4B" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" tableUuid="35C96673FF88FFADD9DA8EE2FBBFFF4B">Table 2</tableCitation>
). In this sense,
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DA928D22FC22FCE3" box="[991,1009,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DAB28D22FBAFFCE3" box="[1023,1148,861,886]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
presents a more delicate skull, with shorter rostrum and molar series, narrower braincase, narrower and more shallow zygomatic notches and less flared zygomatic arches. The PCA analysis indicates some overlap (
<figureCitation id="F98D2A7EFF97FFB2DDC08DD7FB1EFC57" box="[1165,1229,936,962]" captionStart="FIGURE 2" captionStartId="9.[151,255,893,917]" captionTargetBox="[255,1327,159,878]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[249,1333,155,884]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 2. Individual specimen scores based on log-transformed values of 11 cranial measurements, projected onto the first and second principal components extracted from analysis of adult specimens (age class 3 and 4, n = 199) of 5 species of the genus Akodon: A. boliviensis, A. caenosus, Akodon n. sp., A. spegazzinii and A. sylvanus. Results of principal components analysis in table 3." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/293855/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Fig 2</figureCitation>
) but the DA was efficient in separating these species, with only two misclassified specimens. The genetic distance between these taxa is relatively small (2.8%).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610936FBFF97FFB2D98B8A67FCDBFAC9" blockId="20.[151,1437,152,1970]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
The striking morphometric and coloration pattern differences between
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF97FFB2DD4A8A67FB76FBA4" box="[1031,1189,1048,1074]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boliviensis">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DD4A8A67FBCAFBA4" box="[1031,1049,1048,1073]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DD658A67FB76FBA4" box="[1064,1189,1048,1073]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DD928A67FB22FBA4" box="[1247,1265,1048,1073]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DC4D8A67FAB6FBA4" box="[1280,1381,1048,1073]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">sylvanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
preclude confusing these species.
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D8B28A42FD0EFBC3" box="[511,733,1085,1110]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Akodon boliviensis</emphasis>
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is conspicuously paler, with a drabby brown color, whereas
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D9DA8A1CFF7AFBE9" box="[151,169,1123,1148]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
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is dark brown with a strong olivaceous tinge. The contrast between dorsum and venter is more conspicuous in
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D8008AF7FE8CFB34" box="[333,351,1160,1185]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D8238AF7FE38FB34" box="[366,491,1160,1185]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In addition, this species shows a more developed eyering and white spot on the chin. The skull of
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D83B8AD2FE5BFB53" box="[374,392,1197,1222]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
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is clearly more slender, with a shorter and more delicate rostrum, and narrower braincase, interorbital region and mesopterygoid fossa. The molars in
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF97FFB2DD7A8AACFB0BFB79" box="[1079,1240,1234,1260]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boliviensis">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DD7A8AACFB9AFB79" box="[1079,1097,1235,1260]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DD168AACFB0BFB79" box="[1115,1240,1235,1260]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">boliviensis</emphasis>
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are smaller and clearly less hypsodont. The morphometric differences between these species are notorious with practically no overlap in PCA and none misclassified specimens in DA (
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,
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and figure 2). The average percentange of genetic divergence between these species is 4.9 %.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610936FBFF97FFB2D98B8B17FF0AFA32" blockId="20.[151,1437,152,1970]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
The comparison between
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D8BA8B17FDDAFA14" box="[503,521,1384,1409]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DB548B17FD45FA14" box="[537,662,1384,1409]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the new species will be addressed under the treatment of the latter.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610936FBFF97FFB2D98B8BCDFE13F9A9" blockId="20.[151,1437,152,1970]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
Distribution: In northwestern
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DBD38BCCFD63FA59" box="[670,688,1459,1484]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DBF38BCCFCE8FA59" box="[702,827,1459,1484]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is restricted to northernmost
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, mainly above
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(
<bibRefCitation id="05274B0AFF97FFB2D8008BA7FDC0FA67" author="Jayat, J. P. &amp; Ortiz, P. E. &amp; Teta, P. &amp; Pardinas, U. F. J. &amp; D'Elia, G." box="[333,531,1496,1522]" journalOrPublisher="Mastozoologia Neotropical" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" pagination="51 - 67" part="13" refString="Jayat, J. P., Ortiz, P. E., Teta, P., Pardinas, U. F. J. &amp; D'Elia, G. (2006) Nuevas localidades argentinas para algunos roedores sigmodontinos (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Mastozoologia Neotropical, 13, 51 - 67." title="Nuevas localidades argentinas para algunos roedores sigmodontinos (Rodentia: Cricetidae)" type="journal article" year="2006">
Jayat
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D8DF8BA7FE15FA64" box="[402,454,1496,1521]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">et al</emphasis>
. 2006
</bibRefCitation>
). All known records come from the Zenta and Santa Victoria ranges. Thus, it is likely that the species probably reaches adjacent
<collectingRegion id="A372F819FF97FFB2DBA78B82FC44F982" box="[746,919,1533,1559]" country="Argentina" name="Jujuy" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Jujuy province</collectingRegion>
due to the continuity of habitats along these mountain ranges (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610936FBFF97FFB2D98B8837FB78F947" blockId="20.[151,1437,152,1970]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
Habitat: We captured most specimens in highland grasslands, both in upper forest/humid grassland ecotones as well as in drier grasslands more typical of Andean environments. Most of the collecting localities are characterized by grasslands interspersed with rocky outcrops, although in Pampa Verde (locality 6 on figure 6) the humid grasslands are adjacent to alder (
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF97FFB2DBDE88C7FC8AF944" box="[659,857,1720,1745]" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Betulaceae" genus="Alnus" kingdom="Plantae" order="Fagales" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="acuminata">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DBDE88C7FC8AF944" box="[659,857,1720,1745]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Alnus acuminata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) forest along humid ravines.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610936FBFF97FFB2D98B88A2FC05F827" blockId="20.[151,1437,152,1970]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
Natural history: Four individuals captured in winter (July and August) were molting with only one of them with reproductive activity signs. All specimens caught in spring (nine specimens collected in November) showed reproductive activity and were molting. Other sigmodontine species registered in northwestern
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alongside
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D8DA8932FE7AF8F3" box="[407,425,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D8F38932FDE8F8F3" box="[446,571,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
include
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF97FFB2DBE18932FCACF8F3" box="[684,895,1869,1894]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="caenosus">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DBE18932FCACF8F3" box="[684,895,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Akodon caenosus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF97FFB2DAD98932FB66F8F2" authority="Thomas" authorityName="Thomas" box="[916,1205,1869,1895]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="budini">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DAD98932FB95F8F3" box="[916,1094,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Akodon budini</emphasis>
Thomas
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF97FFB2DD8A8932FF2BF819" authority="Thomas" authorityName="Thomas" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Necromys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lactens">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DD8A8932FA4FF8F3" box="[1223,1436,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Necromys lactens</emphasis>
Thomas
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF97FFB2D841890CFDDCF819" authority="Thomas" authorityName="Thomas" box="[268,527,1906,1932]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Necromys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="amoenus">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D841890CFE4CF819" box="[268,415,1907,1932]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">N. amoenus</emphasis>
Thomas
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF97FFB2DB69890CFD14F819" box="[548,711,1907,1932]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Oligoryzomys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DB69890CFD14F819" box="[548,711,1907,1932]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Oligoryzomys</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
cf.
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DA49890CFCCAF819" box="[772,793,1907,1932]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">O</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DA7D890CFC7AF819" box="[816,937,1907,1932]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">flavescens</emphasis>
(Waterhouse)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF97FFB2DD21890CFF2BF827" authority="Thomas" authorityName="Thomas" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Oxymycterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="paramensis">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DD21890CFA4FF819" box="[1132,1436,1907,1932]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Oxymycterus paramensis</emphasis>
Thomas
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF97FFB2D84989E7FDECF827" authority="J. A. Allen" authorityName="J. A. Allen" box="[260,575,1944,1970]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Phyllotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="osilae">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2D84989E7FE6AF824" box="[260,441,1944,1969]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Phyllotis osilae</emphasis>
J. A. Allen
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF97FFB2DB3489E7FC01F827" authority="Waterhouse" authorityName="Waterhouse" box="[633,978,1944,1970]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Phyllotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xanthopygus">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DB3489E7FD54F824" box="[633,647,1944,1969]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF97FFB2DBDB89E7FCF9F824" box="[662,810,1944,1969]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">xanthopygus</emphasis>
(Waterhouse)
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="610936FBFF96FFB3D9DA89D0FD91F873" blockId="21.[151,1436,1967,2022]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF96FFB3D9DA89D0FECAF852" bold="true" box="[151,281,1967,1991]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
Recorded localities of
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF96FFB3DB4389CFFDCDF852" box="[526,542,1968,1991]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF96FFB3DB6689CFFD4EF852" box="[555,669,1968,1991]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(square) and
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF96FFB3DA6089CFFC75F852" box="[813,934,1967,1991]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sylvanus">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF96FFB3DA6089CFFCEEF852" box="[813,829,1968,1991]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF96FFB3DA0789CFFC75F852" box="[842,934,1968,1991]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">sylvanus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(circles) in Northwestern Argentina. Localities and geographic position in Appendix II.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="610936FBFF95FFB0D9DA8EE8FE63FEAC" blockId="22.[151,1436,151,313]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D9DA8EE8FEC9FF3A" bold="true" box="[151,282,151,175]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">TABLE 12.</emphasis>
Average percentage of observerd sequence divergence within and between seven species of the
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0DC078EE7FEDAFF44" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boliviensis">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DC078EE7FEDAFF44" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Akodon boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
species group. Standard error estimates are shown between parentheses and were obtained by a bootstrap procedure (500 replicates) in MEGA 4. Positions containing missing data were excluded only in pairwise sequence comparisons. Intraspecific values for
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DB638F7FFD7DFE82" box="[558,686,256,279]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. lutescens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0DBAB8F7FFCBEFE82" box="[742,877,256,279]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subfuscus">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DBAB8F7FFCBEFE82" box="[742,877,256,279]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. subfuscus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were not calculated because a single sequence was available for each species.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="610936FBFF95FFB0D9848FF5FAA8FD5C" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
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<th id="9C575DC5FF950059D9E88F20FEE4FE0A" box="[165,311,351,415]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Species</th>
<th id="9C575DC5FF950059D8288F20FE64FE0A" box="[357,439,351,415]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">intra- specific</th>
<th id="9C575DC5FF950059D8AA8F20FDBBFE0A" box="[487,616,351,415]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D8AA8FF5FDBBFE0A" box="[487,616,394,415]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. boliviensis</emphasis>
</th>
<th id="9C575DC5FF950059DBC08F20FD2CFE0A" box="[653,767,351,415]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DBC08FF5FD2CFE0A" box="[653,767,394,415]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. lutescens</emphasis>
</th>
<th id="9C575DC5FF950059DA658F20FBE3FE0A" box="[808,1072,351,415]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DA328F20FBC5FE0A" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">interspecific A. caenosus A. polopi</emphasis>
n.
</th>
<th id="9C575DC5FF950059DD788F20FB83FE0A" box="[1077,1104,351,415]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">sp.</th>
<th id="9C575DC5FF950059DD3D8F20FB27FE0A" box="[1136,1268,351,415]" gridcol="6" gridrow="0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DD3D8FF5FB27FE0A" box="[1136,1268,394,415]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. spegazzinii</emphasis>
</th>
<th id="9C575DC5FF950059DC5B8F20FA5EFE0A" box="[1302,1421,351,415]" gridcol="7" gridrow="0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DC5B8FF5FA5EFE0A" box="[1302,1421,394,415]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. subfuscus</emphasis>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="DF8634B9FF950059D9E88FCAFA5EFE5F" box="[165,1421,437,458]" gridrow="1" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1">
<th id="9C575DC5FF950059D9E88FCAFEE4FE5F" box="[165,311,437,458]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D9E88FCAFEF4FE5F" box="[165,295,437,458]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. boliviensis</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059D8288FCAFE64FE5F" box="[357,439,437,458]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">1.7 (0.3)</td>
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<tr id="DF8634B9FF950059D9E88FA0FA5EFE61" box="[165,1421,479,500]" gridrow="2" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1">
<th id="9C575DC5FF950059D9E88FA0FEE4FE61" box="[165,311,479,500]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D9E88FA0FECBFE61" box="[165,280,479,500]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. lutescens</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059D8288FA0FE64FE61" box="[357,439,479,500]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">-- --</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059D8AA8FA0FDBBFE61" box="[487,616,479,500]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">7.0 (0.8)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="DF8634B9FF950059D9E88C75FA5EFD8A" box="[165,1421,522,543]" gridrow="3" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1">
<th id="9C575DC5FF950059D9E88C75FEE4FD8A" box="[165,311,522,543]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D9E88C75FECBFD8A" box="[165,280,522,543]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. caenosus</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059D8288C75FE64FD8A" box="[357,439,522,543]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">1.0 (0.2)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059D8AA8C75FDBBFD8A" box="[487,616,522,543]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">7.0 (0.8)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059DBC08C75FD2CFD8A" box="[653,767,522,543]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">3.5 (0.6)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="DF8634B9FF950059D9E88C4BFA5EFDDC" box="[165,1421,564,585]" gridrow="4" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1">
<th id="9C575DC5FF950059D9E88C4BFEE4FDDC" box="[165,311,564,585]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D9E88C4BFF2EFDDC" box="[165,253,564,585]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. polopi</emphasis>
n. sp.
</th>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059D8288C4BFE64FDDC" box="[357,439,564,585]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">0.2 (0.1)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059D8AA8C4BFDBBFDDC" box="[487,616,564,585]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">5.0 (0.7)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059DBC08C4BFD2CFDDC" box="[653,767,564,585]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">7.0 (0.8)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059DA658C4BFBE3FDDC" box="[808,1072,564,585]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">6.2 (0.7)</td>
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<tr id="DF8634B9FF950059D9E88C20FA5EFDE1" box="[165,1421,607,628]" gridrow="5" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-6="1" rowspan-7="1">
<th id="9C575DC5FF950059D9E88C20FEE4FDE1" box="[165,311,607,628]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D9E88C20FEF8FDE1" box="[165,299,607,628]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. spegazzinii</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059D8288C20FE64FDE1" box="[357,439,607,628]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">1.2 (0.2)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059D8AA8C20FDBBFDE1" box="[487,616,607,628]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">2.8 (0.5)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059DBC08C20FD2CFDE1" box="[653,767,607,628]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">7.6 (0.9)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059DA658C20FBE3FDE1" box="[808,1072,607,628]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">7.7 (0.8) 5.5 (0.7)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="DF8634B9FF950059D9E88CF6FA5EFD0B" box="[165,1421,649,670]" gridrow="6" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rowspan-5="1" rowspan-7="1">
<th id="9C575DC5FF950059D9E88CF6FEE4FD0B" box="[165,311,649,670]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D9E88CF6FECEFD0B" box="[165,285,649,670]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. subfuscus</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059D8288CF6FE64FD0B" box="[357,439,649,670]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">-- --</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059D8AA8CF6FDBBFD0B" box="[487,616,649,670]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">8.3 (0.9)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059DBC08CF6FD2CFD0B" box="[653,767,649,670]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">5.1 (0.8)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059DA658CF6FBE3FD0B" box="[808,1072,649,670]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">4.7 (0.7) 8.0 (0.9)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059DD3D8CF6FB27FD0B" box="[1136,1268,649,670]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">8.5 (0.9)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="DF8634B9FF950059D9E88CCBFA5EFD5C" box="[165,1421,692,713]" gridrow="7" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rowspan-5="1">
<th id="9C575DC5FF950059D9E88CCBFEE4FD5C" box="[165,311,692,713]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D9E88CCBFEC1FD5C" box="[165,274,692,713]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. sylvanus</emphasis>
</th>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059D8288CCBFE64FD5C" box="[357,439,692,713]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">0.3 (0.2)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059D8AA8CCBFDBBFD5C" box="[487,616,692,713]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">4.9 (0.7)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059DBC08CCBFD2CFD5C" box="[653,767,692,713]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">7.0 (0.9)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059DA658CCBFBE3FD5C" box="[808,1072,692,713]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">6.7 (0.8) 4.7 (0.7)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059DD3D8CCBFB27FD5C" box="[1136,1268,692,713]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">4.9 (0.7)</td>
<td id="9C575DC5FF950059DC5B8CCBFA5EFD5C" box="[1302,1421,692,713]" gridcol="7" gridrow="7" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">8.1 (1.0)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610936FBFF95FFB0D98B8D6EFBC1FC73" blockId="22.[151,1436,785,1296]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
Comments:
<bibRefCitation id="05274B0AFF95FFB0D8198D6EFDD5FCBE" author="Cabrera, A." box="[340,518,785,811]" journalOrPublisher="Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales &quot; Bernardino Rivadavia &quot;, Zoologia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="309 - 732" part="4" refString="Cabrera, A. (1961) Catalogo de los mamiferos de America del Sur. Parte II. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales &quot; Bernardino Rivadavia &quot;, Zoologia, 4 (2), 309 - 732." title="Catalogo de los mamiferos de America del Sur. Parte II" type="journal article" year="1961">Cabrera (1961)</bibRefCitation>
considered
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<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DBDE8D6EFD76FCBF" box="[659,677,785,810]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DBFE8D6EFCE6FCBF" box="[691,821,785,810]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">spegazzinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0DA208D6EFBFFFCBF" box="[877,1068,785,811]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tucumanensis">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DA208D6EFCACFCBF" box="[877,895,785,810]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DAC08D6EFBFFFCBF" box="[909,1068,785,810]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">tucumanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as subspecies of
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0DDBA8D6EFA47FCBF" box="[1271,1428,785,811]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boliviensis">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DDBA8D6EFADAFCBF" box="[1271,1289,785,810]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DC5A8D6EFA47FCBF" box="[1303,1428,785,810]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0D9848D48FEEFFCC5" box="[201,316,822,848]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alterus">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D9848D48FF08FCC5" box="[201,219,823,848]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D9A78D48FEEFFCC5" box="[234,316,823,848]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">alterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0DB468D48FC83FCC5" box="[523,848,822,848]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="boliviensis" subSpecies="tucumanensis">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DB468D48FDCEFCC5" box="[523,541,823,848]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DB618D48FC83FCC5" box="[556,848,823,848]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">boliviensis tucumanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a position followed by many authors through the 1980s (e.g.
<bibRefCitation id="05274B0AFF95FFB0D8698D23FD83FCE3" author="Apfelbaum, L. I. &amp; Reig O. A." box="[292,592,860,886]" journalOrPublisher="Biological Journal of the Linnean Society" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="257 - 280" part="38" refString="Apfelbaum, L. I. &amp; Reig O. A. (1989) Allozyme genetic distances and evolutionary relationships in species of akodontine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 38, 257 - 280." title="Allozyme genetic distances and evolutionary relationships in species of akodontine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae)" type="journal article" year="1989">Apfelbaum &amp; Reig 1989</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="05274B0AFF95FFB0DB138D23FC9EFCE3" author="Barquez, R. M. &amp; Williams, D. F. &amp; Mares, M. A. &amp; Genoways, H. H." box="[606,845,860,886]" journalOrPublisher="Annals of Carnegie Museum" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="379 - 403" part="49" refString="Barquez, R. M., Williams, D. F., Mares, M. A. &amp; Genoways, H. H. (1980) Karyology and morphometrics of three species of Akodon (Mammalia: Muridae) from northwestern Argentina. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 49, 379 - 403." title="Karyology and morphometrics of three species of Akodon (Mammalia: Muridae) from northwestern Argentina" type="journal article" year="1980">
Barquez
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DB848D23FD2DFCE0" box="[713,766,860,885]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">et al</emphasis>
. 1980
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="05274B0AFF95FFB0DA168D23FBE2FCE3" author="Mares, M. A &amp; Ojeda, R. A. &amp; Kosco, M. P." box="[859,1073,860,886]" journalOrPublisher="Annals of Carnegie Museum" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="151 - 206" part="50" refString="Mares, M. A, Ojeda, R. A. &amp; Kosco, M. P. (1981) Observation on the distribution and ecology of the mammals of Salta Province, Argentina. Annals of Carnegie Museum, 50, 151 - 206." title="Observation on the distribution and ecology of the mammals of Salta Province, Argentina" type="journal article" year="1981">
Mares
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DAE08D23FC30FCE0" box="[941,995,860,885]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">et al</emphasis>
. 1981
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="05274B0AFF95FFB0DD728D23FA93FCE3" author="Ojeda, R. A. &amp; Mares, M. A." box="[1087,1344,860,886]" journalOrPublisher="Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="1 - 66" part="27" refString="Ojeda, R. A. &amp; Mares, M. A. (1989) A Biogeographic analysis of the Mammals of Salta Province, Argentina. Patterns of species assemblage in the Neotropics. Special Publications, The Museum, Texas Tech University, 27, 1 - 66." title="A Biogeographic analysis of the Mammals of Salta Province, Argentina. Patterns of species assemblage in the Neotropics" type="journal article" year="1989">Ojeda &amp; Mares 1989</bibRefCitation>
). In the first revision of these small Andean forms,
<bibRefCitation id="05274B0AFF95FFB0DBD88DFEFCAAFC0E" author="Myers, P. &amp; Patton, J. L. &amp; Smith, M. F." box="[661,889,897,923]" journalOrPublisher="Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="1 - 89" part="177" refString="Myers, P., Patton, J. L. &amp; Smith, M. F. (1990) A review of the boliviensis group of Akodon (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) with emphasis on Peru and Bolivia. Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 177, 1 - 89." title="A review of the boliviensis group of Akodon (Muridae: Sigmodontinae) with emphasis on Peru and Bolivia" type="journal article" year="1990">
Myers
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DBA58DFEFCCFFC0F" box="[744,796,897,922]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">et al</emphasis>
. (1990)
</bibRefCitation>
defined the
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0DD418DFEFB39FC0F" box="[1036,1258,897,922]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boliviensis">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DD418DFEFB39FC0F" box="[1036,1258,897,922]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Akodon boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group, characterized the morphological and distributional boundaries of
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0DA198DD8FC27FC55" box="[852,1012,934,960]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boliviensis">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DA198DD8FCB5FC55" box="[852,870,935,960]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DA3A8DD8FC27FC55" box="[887,1012,935,960]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and considered
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0DD8D8DD8FAB6FC55" box="[1216,1381,934,960]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spegazzinii">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DD8D8DD8FB01FC55" box="[1216,1234,935,960]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DDAF8DD8FAB6FC55" box="[1250,1381,935,960]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">spegazzinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as a valid species (with two subspecies
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DB7F8DB3FD97FC70" box="[562,580,972,997]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DB1F8DB3FD8EFC70" box="[594,605,972,997]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">s</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0DB218DB3FD3CFC70" box="[620,751,972,997]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spegazzinii">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DB218DB3FD3CFC70" box="[620,751,972,997]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">spegazzinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0DA6A8DB3FBD2FC70" box="[807,1025,972,998]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="boliviensis" subSpecies="tucumanensis">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DA6A8DB3FCEAFC70" box="[807,825,972,997]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DA058DB3FC80FC70" box="[840,851,972,997]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">s</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DA2F8DB3FBD2FC70" box="[866,1025,972,997]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">tucumanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610936FBFF95FFB0D98B8D8EFE1DFBEE" blockId="22.[151,1436,785,1296]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<bibRefCitation id="05274B0AFF95FFB0D98B8D8EFE48FB9E" author="Jayat, J. P. &amp; Ortiz, P. E. &amp; Teta, P. &amp; Pardinas, U. F. J. &amp; D'Elia, G." box="[198,411,1009,1035]" journalOrPublisher="Mastozoologia Neotropical" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="51 - 67" part="13" refString="Jayat, J. P., Ortiz, P. E., Teta, P., Pardinas, U. F. J. &amp; D'Elia, G. (2006) Nuevas localidades argentinas para algunos roedores sigmodontinos (Rodentia: Cricetidae). Mastozoologia Neotropical, 13, 51 - 67." title="Nuevas localidades argentinas para algunos roedores sigmodontinos (Rodentia: Cricetidae)" type="journal article" year="2006">
Jayat
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D8478D8EFEEDFB9F" box="[266,318,1009,1034]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">et al</emphasis>
. (2006)
</bibRefCitation>
erroneously cited
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0DB3B8D8EFCC7FB9F" box="[630,788,1009,1034]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boliviensis">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DB3B8D8EFCC7FB9F" box="[630,788,1009,1034]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A. boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
for Escoipe, in central
<collectingRegion id="A372F819FF95FFB0DD658D8EFB07FB9E" box="[1064,1236,1009,1035]" country="Argentina" name="Salta" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Salta province</collectingRegion>
. This record was based on one specimen (JPJ 69) whose morphometric characteristics were similar to those of
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0DDB98A68FA40FBA5" box="[1268,1427,1046,1072]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boliviensis">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DDB98A68FAD5FBA5" box="[1268,1286,1047,1072]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0DC5B8A68FA40FBA5" box="[1302,1427,1047,1072]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; however, our molecular studies indicate that this and other small specimens caught in the same locality are referable to
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0D8698A1EFE14FBEF" box="[292,455,1121,1147]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spegazzinii">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D8698A1EFEE5FBEF" box="[292,310,1121,1146]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D8088A1EFE14FBEF" box="[325,455,1121,1146]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">spegazzinii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610936FBFF95FFB0D98B8AF9FE7EFA85" blockId="22.[151,1436,785,1296]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<bibRefCitation id="05274B0AFF95FFB0D98B8AF9FE87FB35" author="Diaz, M. M." bookContentInfo="640 pp." box="[198,340,1158,1184]" journalOrPublisher="Thesis, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Argentina" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" refString="Diaz, M. M. (1999) Mamiferos de la Provincia de Jujuy: Sistematica, distribucion y ecologia. Unpublished D. Phil. Thesis, Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, Argentina, 640 pp." title="Mamiferos de la Provincia de Jujuy: Sistematica, distribucion y ecologia. Unpublished D. Phil" type="book" year="1999">Díaz (1999)</bibRefCitation>
and
<bibRefCitation id="05274B0AFF95FFB0D8DC8AF9FD79FB35" author="Diaz, M. M. &amp; Barquez, R. M." box="[401,682,1158,1184]" editor="Kelt, D. A." journalOrPublisher="University of California Publications in Zoology 134" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" pagination="417 - 578" refString="Diaz, M. M. &amp; Barquez, R. M. (2007) The Wild Mammals of Jujuy Province, Argentina: Systematics and Distribution. In: Kelt, D. A., Lessa, E. P., Salazar-Bravo, J. &amp; Patton, J. L. (Eds.), The Quintessential Naturalist: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson. University of California Publications in Zoology 134, pp. 417 - 578." title="The Wild Mammals of Jujuy Province, Argentina: Systematics and Distribution" type="book chapter" volumeTitle="The Quintessential Naturalist: Honoring the Life and Legacy of Oliver P. Pearson" year="2007">Díaz &amp; Barquez (2007)</bibRefCitation>
referred one specimen (MMD 395) from Miyuyoc, at
<quantity id="A64E9B1EFF95FFB0DC778AF9FA4BFB35" box="[1338,1432,1158,1184]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.7" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" unit="m" value="3700.0">3700 m</quantity>
,
<collectingRegion id="A372F819FF95FFB0D9DA8AD3FE90FB53" box="[151,323,1196,1222]" country="Argentina" name="Jujuy" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Jujuy province</collectingRegion>
to
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0D8248AD3FDC8FB50" box="[361,539,1196,1221]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alterus">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D8248AD3FDC8FB50" box="[361,539,1196,1221]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Akodon alterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. We did not examine this specimen, but based on the latitudinal position and characteristics of the reported locality where the specimen was trapped, we note that it may represent another record of
<taxonomicName id="A6B64D78FF95FFB0D8448A88FE75FA85" box="[265,422,1270,1296]" class="Mammalia" family="Muridae" genus="Akodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="boliviensis">
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D8448A88FEC8FA85" box="[265,283,1271,1296]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">A</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="53C2EAE9FF95FFB0D8648A88FE75FA85" box="[297,422,1271,1296]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">boliviensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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