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Taxon: Genus Akodon Meyen, 1833 - South American field mice (mammal)
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Original name Meyen, 1833. N. Acta Acad. Caes. Leop. Carol., 16 (2): 599.
Original rank
Original spelling

Types

Type ofAkodontini (Tribe) Vorontzov, 1959
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Akodon (Subgenus) Meyen, 1833

Synonyms

Accepted nameBibimys (Genus) Massoia, 1979 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted nameBolomys (Genus) Thomas, 1916 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted nameMicroxus (Genus) Thomas, 1909 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted nameOxymycterus (Genus) Waterhouse, 1837 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous nameAbrothrix (Genus) Waterhouse, 1837 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous nameChroeomys (Genus) Thomas, 1916 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous nameHypsimys (Genus) Thomas, 1918 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 157.
Synonymous nameThaptomys (Genus) Thomas, 1916 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 157.
IncludingMicroxus (Genus) Thomas, 1909 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
Questionably IncludingPlectomys (Genus) Borchert & Hansen, 1983

Vernacular Names (English)

Full nameSouth American field mice
grass mice
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