# Akodon > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Akodon > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Akodon.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akodon > Source revision: 1248777026 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Genus of rodents Akodon Temporal range: Late Pliocene - Recent Akodon azarae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Placentalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Sigmodontinae Tribe: Akodontini Genus: Akodon Meyen, 1833 Type species Akodon boliviensis Meyen, 1833 Species See text Synonyms[1] Acodon Agassiz, 1846 Axodon Giebel, 1855 Chalcomys Thomas, 1916 Hypsimys Thomas, 1918 Microxus Thomas, 1909 Plectomys Borchert and Hansen, 1983 (nomen nudum) ***Akodon*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) consisting of [South American](/source/South_America) **grass mice**. They mostly occur south of the [Amazon Basin](/source/Amazon_Basin) and along the [Andes](/source/Andes) north to [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), but are absent from much of the basin itself, the far south of the continent, and the lowlands west of the Andes. *Akodon* is one of the most species-rich genera of Neotropical rodents. Species of *Akodon* are known to inhabit a variety of habitats from tropical and tropical moist forests to altiplano and desert. Fossils are known from the late [Pliocene](/source/Pliocene) onwards.[2] ## Taxonomy *Akodon* is the largest genus in the [tribe](/source/Tribe_(biology)) [Akodontini](/source/Akodontini). Three of its [synonyms](/source/Synonym_(taxonomy))—*Chalcomys*, *Hypsimys*, and particularly *Microxus*—have sometimes been regarded as distinct genera. *[Neomicroxus](/source/Neomicroxus)* was separated in 2013. Previously associated with *Akodon*, the genera *[Abrothrix](/source/Abrothrix)*, *[Deltamys](/source/Deltamys)*, *[Necromys](/source/Necromys)*, *[Thalpomys](/source/Thalpomys)*, and *[Thaptomys](/source/Thaptomys)* are currently recognized as distinct. Some species of the tribe [Abrotrichini](/source/Abrotrichini) are called akodons. The genus contains the following species:[3] - *[Akodon aerosus](/source/Akodon_aerosus)* - *[Akodon affinis](/source/Akodon_affinis)* - *[Akodon albiventer](/source/Akodon_albiventer)* - *[Akodon azarae](/source/Akodon_azarae)* - *[Akodon boliviensis](/source/Akodon_boliviensis)* - *[Akodon budini](/source/Akodon_budini)* - *[Akodon caenosus](/source/Akodon_caenosus)*[fn 1] - *[Akodon cursor](/source/Akodon_cursor)* - *[Akodon dayi](/source/Akodon_dayi)* - *[Akodon dolores](/source/Akodon_dolores)*[fn 2] - *[Akodon fumeus](/source/Akodon_fumeus)* - *[Akodon glaucinus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akodon_glaucinus&action=edit&redlink=1)*[fn 3] - *[Akodon iniscatus](/source/Akodon_iniscatus)* - *[Akodon juninensis](/source/Akodon_juninensis)* - *[Akodon kofordi](/source/Akodon_kofordi)* - *[Akodon lindberghi](/source/Akodon_lindberghi)* - *[Akodon lutescens](/source/Akodon_lutescens)* - *[Akodon mimus](/source/Akodon_mimus)* - *[Akodon molinae](/source/Akodon_molinae)* - *[Akodon mollis](/source/Akodon_mollis)* - *[Akodon montensis](/source/Akodon_montensis)* - *[Akodon mystax](/source/Akodon_mystax)* - *[Akodon neocenus](/source/Akodon_neocenus)* - *[Akodon orophilus](/source/Akodon_orophilus)* - *[Akodon paranaensis](/source/Akodon_paranaensis)* - *[Akodon pervalens](/source/Akodon_pervalens)* - *[Akodon philipmyersi](/source/Akodon_philipmyersi)*[fn 4] - *[Akodon polopi](/source/Akodon_polopi)*[fn 5] - *[Akodon reigi](/source/Akodon_reigi)* - *[Akodon sanctipaulensis](/source/Akodon_sanctipaulensis)* - *[Akodon serrensis](/source/Akodon_serrensis)* - *[Akodon siberiae](/source/Akodon_siberiae)* - *[Akodon simulator](/source/Akodon_simulator)* - *[Akodon spegazzinii](/source/Akodon_spegazzinii)*[fn 6] - *[Akodon subfuscus](/source/Akodon_subfuscus)* - *[Akodon surdus](/source/Akodon_surdus)* - *[Akodon sylvanus](/source/Akodon_sylvanus)* - *[Akodon tartareus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Akodon_tartareus&action=edit&redlink=1)*[fn 3] - *[Akodon toba](/source/Akodon_toba)* - *[Akodon torques](/source/Akodon_torques)* - *[Akodon varius](/source/Akodon_varius)* ## Footnotes 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** In 2010, this species was split from *A. lutescens* to include the formerly recognized *A. aliquantulus*.[4] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** This species includes the formerly recognized *A. molinae*.[5] 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-simulator_8-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-simulator_8-1) This species was split from *A. simulator* in 2008.[5] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Newly described in 2005.[6] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Newly described in 2010.[4] This species includes *Akodon viridescens*,[7] another new species described in 2010.[8] 1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** This species includes the previously recognized *A. leucolimnaeus*[4] and *A. oenos*.[9] ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-MC1093_1-0)** Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1093 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Gonzalez2002_2-0)** González, E.M.; Pardiñas, U.F.J. (2002). "*Deltamys kempi*". *Mammalian Species* (711): Number 711: pp. 1–4. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.1644/1545-1410(2002)711<0001:DK>2.0.CO;2](https://doi.org/10.1644%2F1545-1410%282002%29711%3C0001%3ADK%3E2.0.CO%3B2). [S2CID](/source/S2CID_(identifier)) [198968620](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:198968620). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Musser and Carleton, 2005, pp. 1092–1100 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Jea10_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Jea10_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Jea10_4-2) Jayat et al., 2010 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Bea08_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Bea08_6-1) Braun et al., 2008 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Pardiñas et al., 2005 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Braun et al., 2010 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** D'Elía et al., 2011 1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Pardiñas et al., 2011 ## Literature cited - Braun, J.K., Coyner, B.S., Mares, M.A. and Van Den Bussche, R.A. 2008. [Phylogenetic relationships of South American grass mice of the *Akodon varius* group (Rodentia, Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) in South America](http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1644/07-MAMM-A-269R1.1). Journal of Mammalogy 89(3):768-777. - Braun, J. K., M. A. Mares, B. S. Coyner, and R. A. Van Den Bussche. 2010. [New species of *Akodon* (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) from central Argentina](http://www.bioone.org/doi/pdf/10.1644/09-MAMM-A-048.1). Journal of Mammalogy, 91(2):387–400. - D'Elía, G., Jayat, J.P., Ortiz, P.E., Salazar-Bravo, J. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2011. [*Akodon polopi* Jayat et al., 2010 is a senior subjective synonym of *Akodon viridescens* Braun et al., 2010](http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2744.html) ([first page](http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02744p064f.pdf)). Zootaxa 2744:62–64. - Jayat, J.P., Ortiz, P.E., Salazar-Bravo, J., Pardiñas, U.F.J. and D'Elía, G. 2010. [The *Akodon boliviensis* species group (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Argentina: species limits and distribution, with the description of a new entity](http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2010/2409.html) ([abstract](http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02409p061f.pdf)). Zootaxa 2409:1–61. - Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. [Superfamily Muroidea](https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000539). Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). [Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed](http://google.com/books?id=JgAMbNSt8ikC&pg=PA1093). Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-8018-8221-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-8018-8221-0) - Pardiñas, U.F.J., D'Elía, G., Cirignoli, S. and Suarez, P. 2005. [A new species of *Akodon* (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from the Northern Campos grasslands of Argentina](http://evolucion.fcien.edu.uy/guillermo/philipmyersi.pdf). Journal of Mammalogy 86(3):462–474. - Pardiñas, U.F.J., Teta, P., D'Elía, G. and Diaz, G.B. 2011. [Taxonomic status of *Akodon oenos* (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae), an obscure species from West Central Argentina](http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/list/2011/2749.html) ([abstract](http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z02749p061f.pdf)). Zootaxa 2749:47–61. v t e Species of tribe Akodontini Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Sigmodontinae Akodon A. aerosus A. affinis A. albiventer A. azarae A. bogotensis A. boliviensis A. budini A. caenosus A. cursor A. dayi A. dolores A. fumeus A. glaucinus A. iniscatus A. josemariarguedasi A. juninensis A. kofordi A. latebricola A. lindberghi A. lutescens A. mimus A. mollis A. montensis A. mystax A. neocenus A. orophilus A. paranaensis A. pervalens A. philipmyersi A. polopi A. reigi A. sanctipaulensis A. serrensis A. siberiae A. simulator A. spegazzinii A. subfuscus A. surdus A. sylvanus A. tartareus A. toba A. torques A. varius Bibimys B. chacoensis B. labiosus B. torresi Blarinomys B. breviceps Brucepattersonius B. griserufescens B. guarani B. igniventris B. iheringi B. misionensis B. paradisus B. soricinus Deltamys D. kempi Gyldenstolpia G. fronto G. planaltensis Juscelinomys J. candango J. guaporensis J. huanchacae Kunsia K. tomentosus Lenoxus L. apicalis Necromys N. amoenus N. lactens N. lasiurus N. lenguarum N. obscurus N. punctulatus N. urichi Oxymycterus O. akodontius O. amazonicus O. angularis O. caparoae O. dasytrichus O. delator O. hiska O. hispidus O. hucucha O. inca O. josei O. nasutus O. paramensis O. quaestor O. roberti O. rufus O. wayku Podoxymys P. roraimae Scapteromys S. aquaticus S. tumidus Thalpomys T. cerradensis T. lasiotis Thaptomys T. nigrita v t e Myomorpha Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Myomorpha †Anomalomyidae Anomalomys Anomalospalax Prospalax Dipodoidea †Aksyiromys †Banyuesminthus †Elmymys †Primisminthus †Simiacritomys Dipodidae Allactaginae Allactaga Allactodipus Pygeretmus Scarturus Cardiocraniinae Cardiocranius Salpingotulus Salpingotus Dipodinae Dipodini Dipus Eremodipus Jaculus Stylodipus Paradipodini Paradipus Euchoreutinae Euchoreutes †Simimyidae Nonomys Simimys Sminthidae †Allosminthus †Gobiosminthus †Heosminthus †Heterosminthus †Lophocricetus †Macrognathomys †Megasminthus †Miosicista †Paraminthus †Schaubemys †Shamosminthus Sicista †Sinosminthus †Tyrannomys Zapodidae Eozapus †Javazapus Napaeozapus †Pliozapus †Sinozapus †Sminthozapus Zapus Muroidea †Armintomyidae Armintomys Platacanthomyidae †Neocometes Platacanthomys Typhlomys Spalacidae Myospalacinae Eospalax Myospalax †Pliosiphneus Rhizomyinae †Brachyrhizomys Cannomys Rhizomys Tachyoryctes Spalacinae Nannospalax Spalax Eumuroida See below↓ Eumuroida Calomyscidae Calomyscus Cricetidae †Copemys †Eumys †Wilsoneumys Arvicolinae Arvicolini Arvicola †Mimomys Clethrionomyini †Allophaiomys †Altaiomys Alticola †Borsodia Caryomys Clethrionomys Craseomys Eothenomys †Pitymimomys †Prolagurus Dicrostonychini Dicrostonyx †Predicrostonyx Ellobiusini Bramus Ellobius Lagurini Eolagurus Lagurus Lemmini Lemmus Myopus †Plioctomys Synaptomys †Tobienia Microtini Alexandromys Chionomys Hyperacrius Lasiopodomys Lemmiscus Microtus Mictomicrotus Neodon Proedromys Stenocranius Volemys Ondatrini †Cosomys Neofiber †Ogmodontomys Ondatra Pliophenacomyini Arborimus Phenacomys Pliomyini Dinaromys †Pliomys Cricetinae Allocricetulus †Apocricetus Cansumys †Collimys †Cricetinus †Cricetulodon Cricetulus Cricetus Mesocricetus †Neocricetodon Nothocricetulus Phodopus †Rotundomys †Symmetrodontomys Tscherskia Urocricetus †Democricetodontinae Democricetodon Karydomys Spanocricetodon Neotominae †Protorepomys †Tsaphanomys Baiomyini Baiomys Scotinomys Neotomini Hodomys Nelsonia Neotoma Xenomys Ochrotomyini Ochrotomys Reithrodontomyini Habromys Isthmomys Megadontomys Neotomodon Onychomys Osgoodomys Peromyscus Podomys Reithrodontomys Sigmodontinae †Cordimus Juliomys †Megaoryzomys Oryzomyalia Abrotrichini Abrothrix Chlelemys Geoxus Notiomys Akodontini Akodon Bibimys Blarinomys Brucepattersonius Deltamys Juscelinomys Kunsia Lenoxus Necromys Neomicroxus Oxymycterus Podoxymys Scapteromys Thalpomys Thaptomys Ozyzomyini Aegialomys Amphinectomys Cerradomys Drymoreomys Eremoryzomys Euryoryzomys Handleyomys Holochilus Hylaeamys Lundomys †Megalomys Melanomys Microakodontomys Microryzomys Mindomys Neacomys Nectomys Nephelomys Nesoryzomys Noronhomys Oecomys Oligoryzomys Oreoryzomys Oryzomys Pseudoryzomys Scolomys Sigmodontomys Sooretamys Tanyuromys Transandinomys Zygodontomys Phyllotini Andalgalomys Andinomys Auliscomys Calassomys Calomys Chinchillula Eligmodontia Euneomys Galenomys Graomys †Ichthyurodon Irenomys Loxodontomys Neotomys †Olympicomys Phyllotis Punomys Reithrodon Salinomys †Tafimys Tapecomys Thomasomyini Abrawayaomys Aepeomys Chilomys Delomys Phaenomys Rhagomys Rhipidomys Thomasomys Wilfredomys Wiedomyini †Cholomys Wiedomys Sigmodontalia Ichthyomyini Anotomys Chibchanomys Daptomys Ichthyomys Neusticomys Rheomys Sigmodontini †Prosigmodon Sigmodon Tylomyinae Nyctomyini Nyctomys Ototylomys Tylomyini Otonyctomys Tylomys Muridae Deomyinae Acomys Deomys Lophuromys Uranomys Gerbillinae Ammodillus Desmodilliscini Desmodilliscus Pachyuromys Gerbillini Brachiones Dipodillus Gerbillus Meriones Microdillus Psammomys Rhombomys Sekeetamys Gerbillurini Desmodillus Gerbilliscus Gerbillurus Tatera Taterillini Taterillus Leimacomyinae Leimacomys Lophiomyinae Lophiomys Murinae †Alormys †Coryphomys Hadromys †Hoojieromys †Spelaeomys Vernaya Apodemini Apodemus †Rhagamys Tokudaia Arvicanthini Aethomys Arvicanthis †Canariomys Dasymys Dephomys Desmomys Golunda Grammomys Hybomys Lamottemys Lemniscomys †Malpaisomys Micaelamys Mylomys Oenomys †Parapelomys Pelomys Rhabdomys †Saharamys †Saidomys Stochomys Thallomys Thamnomys Typomys Hapalomyini Hapalomys Hydromyini Anisomys Apomys Archboldomys Baiyankamys Brassomys Chiropodomys Chiruromys Chrotomys Coccymys Conilurus Crossomys Haeromys Hydromys Hyomys Leggadina Leporillus Leptomys Lorentzimys Macruromys Mallomys Mastacomys Melomys Mesembriomys Microhydromys Mirzamys Notomys Parahydromys Paraleptomys Paramelomys Pogonomys Protochromys Pseudohydromys Pseudomys Rhynchomys Solomys Soricomys Uromys Xeromys Zyzomys Malacomyini Malacomys Millardini Cremnomys Diomys Madromys Millardia Pithecheir Pithecheirops Murini Mus Otomyini Myotomys Otomys Parotomys Phloeomyini Batomys Carpomys Crateromys Musseromys Phloeomys Praomyini Chingawaemys Colomys Congomys Heimyscus Hylomyscus Mastomys Montemys Myomyscus Nilopegamys Ochromyscus Praomys Serengetimys Stenocephalemys Zelotomys Rattini Abditomys Anonymomys Bandicota Berylmys Bullimus Bunomys Chiromyscus Crunomys Dacnomys Diplothrix Echiothrix Eropeplus Halmaheramys Hyorhinomys Kadarsanomys Komodomys Lenomys Lenothrix Leopoldamys Limnomys Margaretamys Maxomys Melasmothrix Micromys †Milimonggamys Nesokia Nesoromys Niviventer Papagomys Palawanomys Paruromys Paucidentomys Paulamys †Raksasamys Rattus Saxatilomys Sommeromys Srilankamys Sundamys Taeromys Tarsomys Tateomys Tonkinomys Tryphomys Waiomys Vandeleurini Vandeleuria †Pseudocricetodontinae Adelomyarion Cincamyarion Heterocricetodon Latocricetodon Lignitella Kerosinia Oxynocricetodon Pseudocricetodon Nesomyidae Cricetomyinae Beamys Cricetomys Saccostomus Delanymyinae Delanymys Dendromurinae Dendromus Dendroprionomys Malacothrix Megadendromus Prionomys Steatomys Mystromyinae Mystromys Nesomyinae Brachytarsomys Brachyuromys Eliurus Gymnuromys Hypogeomys Macrotarsomys Monticolomys Nesomys Voalavo Petromyscinae Petromyscus Taxon identifiers Akodon Wikidata: Q556324 Wikispecies: Akodon ADW: Akodon BOLD: 65834 CoL: RB6 EoL: 111277 GBIF: 2437877 iNaturalist: 44597 IRMNG: 1308731 ITIS: 632625 MSW: 13000539 NCBI: 10069 Paleobiology Database: 41728 Authority control databases: National Czech Republic --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Akodon](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akodon) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akodon?action=history)). 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