Akodon (Akodon) lutescens J. A. Allen 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 (Akodon) lutescens J. A. Allen 1901

Akodon (Akodon) lutescens J. A. Allen 1901 , Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 14: 46.

Type Locality: Perú, Puno Dept., Tirapata, 15,000 ft (4572 m).

Vernacular Names: Altiplano Akodont.

Synonyms: Akodon (Akodon) caenosus Thomas 1918 ; Akodon (Akodon) puer Thomas 1902 .

Distribution: High altiplano of C Perú (Puno), through W Bolivia, to NW Argentina.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as A. puer .

Discussion: Subgenus Akodon , A. boliviensis species group ( Myers et al., 1990). Anderson (1997) noted the earlier availability of lutescens for this species. Karyologic and morphometric variation presented, as A. caenosus , by Bárquez et al. (1980). In their revision of the boliviensis group, Myers et al. (1990) referred caenosus , maintained as a species by Cabrera (1961), and lutescens , classified as a subspecies of A. andinus by Cabrera (1961), to subspecies of A. puer (also see Vitullo et al., 1986). Hershkovitz (1990 c) listed caenosus as a species, as did Mares et al. (1997), but Anderson (1997) retained it, along with lutescens and puer , as formal subspecies. Also see remarks under A. aliquantulus .