Akodon (Hypsimys) budini Thomas 1918

Akodon (Hypsimys) budini Thomas 1918, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 1: 191.

Type Locality: Argentina, Jujuy Prov., Leon, 1500 m.

Vernacular Names: Budin's Akodont.

Synonyms: Akodon (Hypsimys) deceptor (Thomas 1921) .

Distribution: Mountains of NW Argentina and SC Bolivia (see Emmons, 1997).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Type species of Hypsimys, which Cabrera (1961), Reig (1987), and Smith and Patton (1999) recognized as a subgenus of Akodon; listed as a genus by Galliari et al. (1996) without comment. Karyotype reported by Vitullo et al. (1986) and biochemical divergence by Apfelbaum and Reig (1989).