Brucepattersonius

Brucepattersonius
Scientific classification
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 griserufescens; Brucepattersonius guarani; Brucepattersonius igniventris; Brucepattersonius iheringi; Brucepattersonius misionensis; Brucepattersonius paradisus; Brucepattersonius soricinus;

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.

[MSW3-1] 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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