Akodon illuteus (Thomas, 1925)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 392-476 : 395

Akodon illuteus (Thomas, 1925) . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 15: 582.

TYPE LOCALITY: Argentina, Tucuman Prov., Sierra de Aconquija, between 3000-4000 m .

DISTRIBUTION: N.W. Argentina.

COMMENT: Placed in Akodon (Abrothrix) by Cabrera, 1961:455; Osgood, 1943, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool., ser. 30, 542:1 -268, considered the inclusion of this species in Abrothrix provisional. Bianchi et al., 1971, Evolution, 25: 724-736, considered Abrothrix a distinct genus. Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:30, followed Bianchi et al., 1971, Evolution, 25:724-736, but listed this species in Akodon . Reig, 1978, Publ. Mus. Munic. Cienc. Nat. Mar del Plata “Lorenzo Scaglia," 2(8): 173, included illuteus in subgenus Abrothrix .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008001015001.