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Thaptomys

Blackish grass mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Thaptomys
Thomas, 1916
Species: T. nigrita
Binomial name
Thaptomys nigrita
(Lichtenstein, 1830)
Synonyms

Akodon nigrita (Lichtenstein, 1829)


Akodon nigrita (Lichtenstein, 1829)

The blackish grass mouse (Thaptomys nigrita) also formerly called the ebony akodont, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. It is the only species in the genus Thaptomys.



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