Brucepattersonius guarani

Brucepattersonius guarani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Cricetidae
Subfamily:Sigmodontinae
Genus:Brucepattersonius
Species: B. guarani
Binomial name
Brucepattersonius guarani
Mares and Braun, 2000

Brucepattersonius guarani, also known as the Guaraní akodont[2] or Guaraní brucie,[3] is a South American rodent in the genus Brucepattersonius. It is known from a single specimen from Misiones Province in northeastern Argentina, at the southern end of the Atlantic Forest.[1] The species is protected by Moconá Provincial Park but is threatened by deforestation in nearby areas.

References

  1. 1 2 D'Elia et al., 2008
  2. ↑ Musser and Carleton, 2005; D'Elia et al., 2008
  3. ↑ Duff and Lawson, 2004

Literature cited

  • 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
  • D'Elia, G.; Pardinas, U.; Leite, Y.; Patterson, B. (2008). "Brucepattersonius guarani". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T136402A4286987. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136402A4286987.en. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  • Patton, J.L., Pardiñas Ulyses F.J., D'Elia, G.. Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press. 2015. 214.
  • Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1104. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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