Deltamys kempi Thomas 1917

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 : 1112

Deltamys kempi Thomas 1917

Deltamys kempi Thomas 1917 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 8, 20: 98.

Type Locality: Argentina, Buenos Aires Prov., Río Paraná Delta, La Plata Estuary, Isla Ella, 1 m.

Vernacular Names: Kemp's Akodont.

Synonyms: Deltamys langguthi Massoia 1980 ; Deltamys langguthi González and Massoia 1995 .

Distribution: EC Argentina, Uruguay, and SE Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul —González and Massoia, 1995; also see D’Elía et al., 2003:Fig. 1).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Akodon kempi .

Discussion: Distribution and ecology reviewed by Massoia (1964); karyotype (2n = 35-38, FN = 38) and unique sex-determining mechanism described by Sbalqueiro et al. (1984) and Castro et al. (1991). Status of populations exhibiting different karyotypes ( Castro et al., 1991) warrants further investigation. See González and Pardiñas (2002, Mammalian Species, 711).