Abrothrix longipilis Waterhouse 1837

Abrothrix longipilis Waterhouse 1837, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837: 16.

Type Locality: Chile, Coquimbo Prov., Coquimbo.

Vernacular Names: Long-haired Akodont.

Synonyms: Abrothrix angustus (Thomas 1927); Abrothrix apta (Osgood 1943); Abrothrix brachytarsus (Philippi 1900); Abrothrix castaneus Osgood 1943; Abrothrix francei (Thomas 1908); Abrothrix fusco-ater (Philippi 1900); Abrothrix hirtus (Thomas 1895); Abrothrix melampus (Philippi 1900); Abrothrix modestior Thomas 1919; Abrothrix moerens Thomas 1919; Abrothrix nubila Thomas 1929; Abrothrix porcinus (Philippi 1858); Abrothrix suffusus (Thomas 1903) .

Distribution: C to S Chile and Argentina.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Akodon longipilis .

Discussion: Species closely related to, perhaps conspecific with sanborni (see Osgood, 1943; Pine et al., 1979); also see A. lanosus . Pearson (1984) assigned Chelemys angustus to synonymy of A. longipilis; other synonyms follow Osgood (1943) and Reig (1987). Subspecific distributions in Chile sketched by Muñoz Pedreras (2000); easternmost records in Patagonian Argentina (Río Negro and Chubut Provs.) reported by Teta et al. (2002).