Abrothrix

Abrothrix Temporal range: Pliocene to Recent
Abrothrix sanborni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Tribe:	Akodontini
Genus:	Abrothrix Waterhouse, 1837
Type species
Mus longipilis Waterhouse, 1837
Species
See text
Synonyms
Chroeomys Thomas, 1916 Habrothrix Wagner, 1843[fn 1]

Abrothrix is a genus of rodent in the tribe Abrotrichini of family Cricetidae.^[2] It contains the following living species:^[3]

• Abrothrix andinus
• Abrothrix hershkovitzi
• Abrothrix illuteus
• Abrothrix jelskii
• Abrothrix lanosus
• Abrothrix longipilis
• Abrothrix olivaceus^{[fn 2]}
• Abrothrix sanborni

Footnotes

1. Misspelling.^[1]
2. Includes A. o. markhami as a subspecies.^[4]

References

1. Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1088
2. D'Elía et al., 2007
3. Musser and Carleton, 2005
4. Rodríguez-Serrano et al., 2008

Literature cited

• 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.
• 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
• 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.