Akodon siberiae Myers and Patton, 1989 . Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool., Univ. Michigan, 720:4.

TYPE LOCALITY: Bolivia, Cochabamba Dept., 28 km (by road) W Comarapa, 2800 m; 17°51'S, 64º40'W .

DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the vicinity of the type locality.

COMMENTS: Subgenus Hypsimys . Morphology and chromosomes suggest that A. siberiae is closely related to A. budini, the type species of Hypsimys (see Myers and Patton, 1989a).