Akodon surdus

O. Thomas, 1917

Silent Grass Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Akodontini
Genus : Akodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1917-04-10. Preliminary diagnoses of new mammals obtained by the Yale-National Geographic Society Peruvian Expedition. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 68(4):1-3.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29836305

Original name as described

Akodon surdus

Other common names

Slate-bellied Akodont

Type material

USNM:MAMM:194663

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38a424afe-2b66-4970-9de0-fae7398b4ac9

Type locality

"[Hacienda] Huadquiña, 5000 ft [= 1524 m], " southern margin of the Urubamba River, Santa Teresa, Cusco, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002423

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 1 name and synonym.

Akodon surdus

O. Thomas, 1917

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

surdus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:194663

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38a424afe-2b66-4970-9de0-fae7398b4ac9

Authority page

2

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29836305

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Thomas (1917:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29836305) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/11745)
Gyldenstolpe (1932:107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
Corbet & Hill (1980:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:397) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Musser & Carleton (1993:693) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
Coyner, Braun, Mares & Van Den Bussche (2013:347) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/13179)
Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #761) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002423) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/761/22382206) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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