Brucepattersonius igniventris

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Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Cricetidae Rank Species		Phylum Chordata Order Rodentia Genus Brucepattersonius
Scientific name Brucepattersonius igniventris Similar Brucepattersonius, MacConnell's Rice Rat, Akodon affinis, Oecomys concolor

Brucepattersonius igniventris, also known as the red-bellied akodont or red-bellied brucie, is a South American rodent in the genus Brucepattersonius. It is known only from a few specimens from the type locality in Iporanga, São Paulo, Brazil. Although it is threatened by habitat loss, it is protected by Alto Ribeira Tourist State Park.

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

Leite, Y. and Patterson, B. 2008. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/136672/0. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. . Downloaded on February 4, 2010.

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

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