Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
     Suborder Sciurognathi (Tullberg, 1899) see Suborder Sciuromorpha Brandt, 1855
       Family Muridae Batsch, 1788 - rats, mice, hamsters, voles, lemmings, and gerbils
         Subfamily Sigmodontinae Wagner, 1843
           Genus Akodon Meyen, 1833 - South American field mice
             Akodon hershkovitzi Patterson et al., 1984 see Abrothrix hershkovitzi (Patterson et al., 1984)