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Brucepattersonius
| Brucepattersonius | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Akodontini |
| Genus: | Brucepattersonius Hershkovitz, 1998 |
| Type species | |
| Brucepattersonius soricinus | |
| Species | |
Brucepattersonius is a genus of rodents within the tribe Akodontini from southeastern South America.[1] Also known as brucies, the genus is named after Bruce Patterson, MacArthur Curator at the Department of Zoology (Mammals), at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1104–1105. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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