Abrothrix lanosa

Abrothrix lanosus, also known as the woolly grass mouse[1] or woolly akodont,[2] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in southern Argentina and Chile. It was previously classified in the genus Akodon rather than Abrothrix.[2]

Abrothrix lanosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Abrothrix
Species:
A. lanosus
Binomial name
Abrothrix lanosus
(Thomas, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Oxymycterus lanosus Thomas, 1897
  • Akodon lanosus (Thomas, 1897)

References

  1. Pardinas and D'Elia, 2008
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1089

Literature cited

  • Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
  • Pardinas, U. and D'Elia, G. 2008. Abrothrix lanosus. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on January 12, 2010.


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