Blackish grass mouse
Blackish grass mouse | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.