Blackish grass mouse

Blackish grass mouse
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Thaptomys; Thomas, 1916
Species:	T. nigrita
Binomial name
	Thaptomys nigrita; (Lichtenstein, 1830)
Synonyms
	Akodon nigrita (Lichtenstein, 1829)

The blackish grass mouse (Thaptomys nigrita) also formerly called the ebony akodont, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is the only species in the genus Thaptomys.[2]

References

Patton, J.; Catzeflis, F.; Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A.; D'Elia, G. & Pardinas, U. (2008). "Thaptomys nigrita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1179. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[iucn-1] Patton, J.; Catzeflis, F.; Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A.; D'Elia, G. & Pardinas, U. (2008). "Thaptomys nigrita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[MSW3-2] Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1179. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.