Brucepattersonius griserufescens

Brucepattersonius griserufescens
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Brucepattersonius
Species:	B. griserufescens
Binomial name
Brucepattersonius griserufescens Hershkovitz, 1998

Brucepattersonius griserufescens, also known as the gray-bellied akodont^[2] or grey-bellied brucie,^[3] is a rodent in the cricetid genus Brucepattersonius from southeastern Brazil. It was one of four species of Brucepattersonius described by Hershkovitz in 1998; another, Brucepattersonius albinasus, also known as the white-nosed akodont^[2] or white-nosed brucie,^[3] was later argued to be the same as B. griserufescens,^[4] though further work is needed to confirm this.^[1]

References

Literature cited

• Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 312 pp. ISBN 0-7136-6021-X
• Hershkovitz, P. (1998). Report of some sigmodontinae rodents collected in southeastern Brazil with description of a new genus and six new species. Bonner Zoologische Beitraege, 47, 193-256.
• Leite, Y. and Patterson, B. (2008). Brucepattersonius griserufescens. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 1 March 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
• Vilela, J. F., J. A. de Oliveira, and C. R. Bonvicino (2006). Taxonomic status of Brucepattersonius albinasus (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Zootaxa, 1199, 61-68.