Akodon hershkovitzi Patterson, Gallardo, and Freas, 1984 . Fieldiana Zool., New Ser., 23:8.

TYPE LOCALITY: Chile, Magallanes Prov., Isla Capitan Aracena, head of Bahia Morris, 60 m; 54°14'S, 71 °30'W .

DISTRIBUTION: Outer islands of the Chilean Archipelago.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Akodon after Patterson et al. (1984); subgenus Abrothrix sensu Reig (1987) . A yellow-nosed species related to A. xanthorhinus .