Microakodontomys

Microakodontomys Temporal range: Recent
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification (unresolved)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Tribe:	Oryzomyini
Genus:	Microakodontomys Hershkovitz, 1993
Species:	M. transitorius
Binomial name
Microakodontomys transitorius Hershkovitz, 1993

Microakodontomys transitorius, also known as the Transitional Colilargo^[2] or the Intermediate Lesser Grass Mouse,^[1] is a species of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini known only from two individuals found in the Federal District of Brazil.^[1] Although described as a link between oryzomyine and akodontine rodents and placed in its own genus, Microakodontomys, Weksler and coworkers dismissed it as an aberrant Oligoryzomys.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Marinho-Filho and Vieira, 2008
2. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005
3. ^ Weksler et al., 2006

Literature cited

• Marinho-Filho, J. and Vieira, E. 2008. Microakodontomys. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on November 28, 2009.
• Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
• Weksler, M., Percequillo, A.R. and Voss, R.S. 2006. Ten new genera of oryzomyine rodents (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae). American Museum Novitates 3537:1–29.