Akodon (Microxus) mimus Thomas 1901

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 : 1096

Akodon (Microxus) mimus Thomas 1901

Akodon (Microxus) mimus Thomas 1901 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 7: 183.

Type Locality: Perú, Puno Dept., Limbane, 2600 m.

Vernacular Names: Hocicudo-like Akodont.

Distribution: Upper E Andean slopes, about 2000-3700 m, from SE Perú (Puno Dept.; Patton and Smith, 1992) to WC Bolivia (Cochabamba Dept.; Anderson, 1997).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Type species of Microxus , a taxon arranged either as a subgenus of Akodon (Cabrera, 1961) , as a distinct akodontine genus ( Ellerman, 1941; Gyldenstolpe, 1932; Reig, 1987; Thomas, 1916 c), or as a synonym of the "oxymycterine" genus Abrothrix ( Hershkovitz, 1966 c) . Allozymic and cytochrome b evidence reveals that mimus is phyletically closer to species of Akodon sensu stricto than to those of Abrothrix (including Chroeomys ) and Bolomys (= Necromys ) and doubtfully warrants even subgeneric recognition based on these data (see Patton and Smith, 1992; Patton et al., 1989; Smith and Patton, 1991, 1993).