Abrothrix Explained
Abrothrix is a genus of rodent in the tribe Abrotrichini of family Cricetidae.[1] It contains the following living species:[2]
Literature cited
- MUSSER, G. G. AND M. D. CARLETON. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Mammal species of the world: a taxonomic and geographic reference, 3rd ed (Wilson DE and Reeder DAM eds.), Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
- D'Elía, G., Pardiñas, U.F.J., Teta, P. and Patton, J.L. 2007. Definition and diagnosis of a new tribe of sigmodontine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae), and a revised classification of the subfamily. Gayana 71(2):187–194.
- TETA, P., C. CAÑÓN, B. D. PATTERSON, AND U. F. J. PARDIÑAS. 2017. Phylogeny of the tribe Abrotrichini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae): integrating morphological and molecular evidence into a new classification. Cladistics 33(2):153–182.
- Rodríguez-Serrano, E., Hernández, C.E. and Palma, R.E. 2008. A new record and an evaluation of the phylogenetic relationships of Abrothrix olivaceus markhami (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Mammalian Biology 73(4):309–317.
Notes and References
- D'Elía et al., 2007
- Teta et al., 2017
- D'Elia G, Teta P, Upham NS, Pardinas UFJ & Patterson BD (2015) Description of a new soft-haired mouse, genus Abrothrix (Sigmodontinae), from the temperate Valdivian rainforest. Journal of Mammalogy 96; 4: 839-853
