Abrothrix hershkovitzi

Abrothrix hershkovitzi, also known as Hershkovitz's grass mouse[1] or Hershkovitz's akodont,[2] is a species of rodent in the genus Abrothrix of family Cricetidae. It is found only on some remote islands in southern Chile.[2] It is named after American zoologist Philip Hershkovitz.[3]

Abrothrix hershkovitzi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Abrothrix
Species:
A. hershkovitzi
Binomial name
Abrothrix hershkovitzi
(Patterson, Gallardo and Freas, 1984)
Synonyms

Akodon hershkovitzi Patterson, Gallardo, and Freas, 1984

References

  1. Patterson and D'elia, 2008
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1089
  3. Mittermeier, 1997

Literature cited


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