Brucepattersonius igniventris

Brucepattersonius igniventris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Cricetidae
Subfamily:Sigmodontinae
Genus:Brucepattersonius
Species: B. igniventris
Binomial name
Brucepattersonius igniventris
Hershkovitz, 1998

Brucepattersonius igniventris, also known as the red-bellied akodont[2] or red-bellied brucie,[3] is a South American rodent in the genus Brucepattersonius. It is known only from a few specimens from the type locality in Iporanga, São Paulo, Brazil.[1][4] Although it is threatened by habitat loss, it is protected by Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park.

References

  1. 1 2 Leite and Patterson, 2008
  2. ↑ Musser and Carleton, 2005
  3. ↑ Duff and Lawson, 2004
  4. ↑ James L. Patton; Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas; Guillermo D’Elí (2015). Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press. p. 215. ISBN 022616960X. Retrieved June 28, 2015.

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
  • Leite, Y. and Patterson, B. 2008. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136672/0. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on February 4, 2010.
  • 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
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