Authority citation: Pardiñas, U.F.J., D'Elía, G., Cirignoli, S. and Suárez, P. 2005-06. A new species of Akodon (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from the Northern Campos grasslands of Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 86(3):462-474.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[462:ANSOAR]2.0.CO;2
Original name as described: Akodon philipmyersi
Nominal names: philipmyersi Pardiñas, D'Elía, Cirignoli, & Suárez, 2005
Other common names: Jesuita Akodont
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cricetidae -- Subfamily: Sigmodontinae -- Tribe: Akodontini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: CNP 739
Type locality: Estancia Santa Inés, Misiones, Argentina.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Argentina (ARG)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is newly recognized since MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status:
Species-specific notes: recently described
Citation: Pardiñas, U. F. J., D'Elía, G., Cirignoli, S. and Suárez, P. 2005. A new species of Akodon (Rodentia, Cricetidae) from the Northern Campos grasslands of Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy, 86, 462-474.
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