| Blackish grass mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Thaptomys Thomas, 1916 |
| Species: | T. nigrita
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| Binomial name | |
| Thaptomys nigrita (Lichtenstein, 1830)
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| Synonyms | |
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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.[2]
- ^ Patton, J.; Catzeflis, F.; Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A.; D'Elia, G.; Pardinas, U. (2017). "Thaptomys nigrita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T750A22333428. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T750A22333428.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ 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. p. 1179. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.