Akodon simulator Thomas, 1916 . Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 18:335.

TYPE LOCALITY: Argentina, Tucuman Prov., San Pablo, Villa Nouges, 1200 m .

DISTRIBUTION: E Andean foothills from SC Bolivia to NW Argentina.

SYNONYMS: glaucinus, tartareus.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Akodon, varius group. Placed as a subspecies of A. varius (Cabrera, 1961; Thomas, 1926b); returned to species rank by Myers (1989), who recognized glaucinus and tartareus as subspecies. Karyology and morphometries reviewed, as A. varius, by Barquez et al. (1980).