Microakodontomys Hershkovitz 1993

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 : 1126

Microakodontomys Hershkovitz 1993

Microakodontomys Hershkovitz 1993 , Fieldiana Zool., n. s., 75: 2.

Type Species: Microakodontomys transitorius Hershkovitz 1993

Species and subspecies: 1 species:

Species Microakodontomys transitorius Hershkovitz 1993

Discussion: Oryzomyini . Provisionally left as Sigmodontinae incertae sedis by Hershkovitz (1993:2), who remarked that "Overall resemblance to Microryzomys and Oligoryzomys suggests differentiation from an oryzomyine stock in a scrub brush habitat transitional between forest and savanna." To us, the holotype displays features that clearly ally it with Oryzomyini sensu Voss and Carleton (1993) . Founded on a single young specimen with damaged skull, the diagnostic traits of this new genus and species, which "could be mistaken for a well-differentiated species of Oligoryzomys " ( Hershkovitz, 1993:4), should be verified with improved series from the type locality.