Brucepattersonius guarani

Brucepattersonius guarani
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Brucepattersonius
Species:	B. guarani
Binomial name
Brucepattersonius guarani Mares and Braun, 2000

Brucepattersonius guarani, also known as the Guaraní akodont^[2] or Guaraní brucie,^[3] is a South American rodent in the genus Brucepattersonius. It is known from a single specimen from Misiones Province in northeastern Argentina, at the southern end of the Atlantic Forest.^[1] The species is protected by Moconá Provincial Park but is threatened by deforestation in nearby areas.

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
• D'Elia, G., Pardinas, U., Leite, Y. and Patterson, B. 2008. Brucepattersonius guarani. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on February 4, 2010.
• Patton, J.L., Pardiñas Ulyses F.J., D'Elia, G.. Mammals of South America, Volume 2: Rodents. University of Chicago Press. 2015. 214.
• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1104. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.