Brucepattersonius

Brucepattersonius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Akodontini
Genus: Brucepattersonius
Hershkovitz, 1998
Type species
Brucepattersonius soricinus
Species

Brucepattersonius is a genus of rodents within the tribe Akodontini from southeastern South America.[1] Also known as brucies, the genus is named after Bruce Patterson, MacArthur Curator at the Department of Zoology (Mammals), at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.

  1. ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1104–1105. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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