Akodon (Akodon) iniscatus Thomas 1919

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1095

Akodon (Akodon) iniscatus Thomas 1919

Akodon (Akodon) iniscatus Thomas 1919 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 3: 205.

Type Locality: Argentina, Chubut Prov., Valle del Lago Blanco, Koslowsky region, 100 m.

Vernacular Names: Patagonian Akodont.

Synonyms: Akodon (Akodon) collinus Thomas 1919 ; Akodon (Akodon) nucus Thomas 1926 .

Distribution: WC to EC Argentina (Buenos Aires Prov., see Pardiñas and Galliari, 1999), as far south as Santa Cruz Prov.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Subgenus Akodon . The form nucus has been variously listed as a species ( Galliari et al., 1996; Hershkovitz, 1990 c; Reig, 1987), but Barros et al. (1990) and Pearson (1995) retained it as a subspecies pending critical revision of this complex. Karyotype (2n = 33-34) reported by Barros et al. (1990), who noted its extensive banding homologies with samples of A. puer (here = A. lutescens ).