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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
OrdoTherapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Akodon
Species: Akodon albiventer
Subspecies: A. a. albiventer – A. a. berlepschii
Name

Akodon albiventer Thomas, 1897: 217

Holotype:

Type locality: “Lower Cachi,” Salta, Argentina; it is likely that Thomas referred to the lower course of the Río Cachi, which passes through the town of Cachi (25°07′11.93″S, 66°09′47.00″W, 2,341 m, Salta province), close to the junction with the Río Calchaquí (Jayat et al. 2010).
References
Primary references

Thomas, O. 1897. On some small mammals from Salta, N. Argentina. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 6 20: 214–218.

Links

Akodon albiventer in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Akodon albiventer (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

Akodon albiventer, also known as the white-bellied grass mouse[1] or white-bellied akodont,[2] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in the Andean highlands from southeastern Peru to southwestern Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, and far northeastern Chile at elevations from 2400 m to over 5000 m.[1][2]
References

Dunnum et al., 2008

Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1092

Literature cited

Dunnum, J., Vargas, J., Bernal, N., Zeballos, H., Vivar, E. & Patterson, B., Pardinas, U. and Jayat, J.P. 2008. Akodon albiventer. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on April 2, 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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