Authority citation: Anthony, H.E. 1924-10-20. Preliminary report on Ecuadorean mammals. No. 6. American Museum Novitates 139:1-9.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/170242
Original name as described: Microxus latebricola
Nominal names: latebricola (H. E. Anthony, 1924)
Other common names: Ecuadorean Akodont
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cricetidae -- Subfamily: Sigmodontinae -- Tribe: Neomicroxini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: AMNH M-67506
Type locality: "Hacienda San Francisco, east of Ambato, on Rio Cusutagua, elevation about 8000 feet [= 2438 m], Ecuador."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Ecuador (ECU)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Endangered
Species-specific notes: moved from Akodon to the recently described Neomicroxus
Citation: Alvarado-Serrano, D.F., D'Elia, G. 2013. A new genus for the Andean mice Akodon latebricola and A. bogotensis (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Journal of Mammalogy 94(5): 995-1015.|Pardiñas, U. F. J., Curay, J., Brito, J., & Cañón, C. (2021). A unique cricetid experiment in the northern high-Andean Páramos deserves tribal recognition. Journal of Mammalogy, 102(1), 155-172.
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