Blackish grass mouse

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Blackish grass mouse
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Thaptomys
Thomas, 1916
Species:
T. nigrita
Binomial name
Thaptomys nigrita
(Lichtenstein, 1830)
Synonyms

Akodon nigrita(Lichtenstein, 1829)

The blackish grass mouse (Thaptomys nigrita) also formerly called the ebony akodont, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is the only species in the genus Thaptomys. [2]

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References

  1. Patton, J.; Catzeflis, F.; Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A.; D'Elia, G.; Pardinas, U. (2017). "Thaptomys nigrita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T750A22333428. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T750A22333428.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1179. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.