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Abrothrix

Abrothrix is a genus of rodent in the tribe Abrotrichini of family Cricetidae. It contains the following living species:Abrothrix andina Abrothrix hershkovitzi Abrothrix hirta Abrothrix illutea Abrothrix jelskii Abrothrix lanosa Abrothrix longipilis Abrothrix manni Abrothrix olivacea Abrothrix sanborni Abrothrix xanthorhina

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Length
274 w
Citations
7
Source
Abrothrix
Temporal range: Pliocene to Recent
Abrothrix sanborni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Abrotrichini
Genus: Abrothrix
Waterhouse, 1837
Type species
Mus longipilis
Species

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Synonyms
  • Chroeomys Thomas, 1916
  • Habrothrix Wagner, 1843fn 1

Abrothrix is a genus of rodent in the tribe Abrotrichini of family Cricetidae.2 It contains the following living species:3

Footnotes

Footnotes

  1. Misspelling.1
  2. Includes A. o. markhami as a subspecies.5
References

References

  1. Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1088
  2. D'Elía et al., 2007
  3. Teta et al., 2017
  4. D'Elia G, Teta P, Upham NS, Pardinas UFJ & Patterson BD (2015) Description of a new soft-haired mouse, genus Abrothrix (Sigmodontinae), from the temperate Valdivian rainforest. Journal of Mammalogy 96; 4: 839-853
  5. Rodríguez-Serrano et al., 2008

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