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Brucepattersonius iheringi

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Brucepattersonius iheringi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Brucepattersonius
Species:
B. iheringi
Binomial name
Brucepattersonius iheringi
(Thomas, 1896)
Synonyms
  • Oxymycterus iheringi Thomas, 1896
  • Brucepattersonius iheringi: Hershkovitz, 1998

Brucepattersonius iheringi, also known as Ihering's akodont,[2] Ihering's hocicudo,[1] or Ihering's brucie,[3] is a South American rodent in the genus Brucepattersonius. It occurs in Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil, and nearby Misiones Province, Argentina.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Christoff et al., 2008
  2. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005
  3. ^ Duff and Lawson, 2004

Literature cited

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  • Christoff, A., Leite, Y. and Patterson, B. 2008. Brucepattersonius iheringi. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on February 4, 2010.
  • Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 312 pp. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X
  • 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