The Akodon boliviensis species group (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) in Argentina: species limits and distribution, with the description of a new entity Author J. Pablo Jayat Author Pablo E. Ortiz Author Jorge Salazar-Bravo Author Ulyses F. J. Pardiñas Author Guillermo D’Elía text Zootaxa 2010 2409 1 61 journal article 37427 10.5281/zenodo.293461 ff02939e-3601-42a7-8eda-24e911e4b392 1175-5326 293461

TABLE 1. Comparative measurements of adult specimens (age classes 3 and 4) of 5 species of the Akodon boliviensis group in Argentina: A. caenosus, A. boliviensis, A. spegazzinii, A. sylvanus, and Akodon new species. X: mean; SD: standard deviation; r: range; n: sample size.

	n	X ± SD	r	n	X ± SD	r	n	X ± SD	r	n	X ± SD	r	n	X ± SD	r
TBL	12	151 ± 14.47	124-169	10	155 ± 8.48	143-167	120	158 ± 13.05	93-196	46	176 ± 10.64	151-203	19	170 ± 9.41	150-188
TL	12	62 ± 8.87	46-75	10	65 ± 4.56	57-73	120	66 ± 5.71	46-83	46	77 ± 5.69	68-89	19	70 ± 4.56	60-76
HF	12	21 ± 1.79	20-26	10	22 ± 0.84	20-23	117	23 ± 1.15	18-25	45	25 ± 1.40	22-27	20	24 ± 1.19	21-25
EL	12	13 ± 0.79	12-15	10	14 ± 0.74	13-15	122	14 ± 1.14	12-21	46	17 ± 1.21	14-21	20	15 ± 0.66	14-16
W	12	19.3 ± 5.19	10.5-27.5	10	21.8 ± 3.58	16-27.5	109	21.6 ± 4.64	13.0-38.0	44	26.4 ± 4.07	17.0-35.5	20	25.6 ± 7.03	15.5-39.0
MSL	11	23.09 ± 1.05	21.32-24.22	10	23.74 ± 0.87	22.52-25.28	112	24.71 ± 0.91	22.24-27.00	43	26.90 ± 0.61	25.30-28.30	24	25.95 ± 1.02	24.00-28.80
CIL	11	21.24 ± 1.06	19.24-22.52	10	21.80 ± 0.93	20.47-23.18	115	22.79 ± 0.96	20.50-25.30	44	24.76 ± 0.76	22.68-26.28	24	24.53 ± 0.97	22.78-27.0 4
RL	12	8.35 ± 0.41	7.50-8.76	10	8.52 ± 0.40	8.02-9.22	117	9.09 ± 0.43	7.96-10.12	45	10.26 ± 0.33	9.56-11.08	24	9.58 ± 0.44	8.74-10.74
ZB	11	11.57 ± 0.44	10.82-12.26	10	11.98 ± 0.28	11.52-12.32	105	12.46 ± 0.41	11.34-13.44	45	13.29 ± 0.30	12.60-13.96	24	13.22 ± 0.43	12.56-14.34
BB	11	10.70 ± 0.28	10.30-11.20	10	11.05 ± 0.25	10.64-11.34	116	11.46 ± 0.29	10.66-12.74	45	12.10 ± 0.29	11.50-12.86	24	11.60 ± 0.23	11.12-11.96
IOC	12	4.24 ± 0.13	4.00-4.46	10	4.36 ± 0.10	4.22-4.50	119	4.50 ± 0.17	4.10-4.88	46	4.74 ± 0.12	4.50-5.04	24	4.57 ± 0.12	4.30-4.82
MTRL	12	3.69 ± 0.09	3.52-3.80	10	3.94 ± 0.15	3.74-4.16	122	4.16 ± 0.15	3.80-4.60	46	4.37 ± 0.15	4.04-4.70	24	4.40 ± 0.14	4.14-4.64
NL	12	8.34 ± 0.53	7.54-9.22	10	8.45 ± 0.57	7.58-9.50	117	8.94 ± 0.49	7.64-10.10	45	9.97 ± 0.29	9.44-10.60	24	9.40 ± 0.52	8.30-10.90
RW2	12	4.29 ± 0.22	3.88-4.50	10	4.57 ± 0.23	4.26-4.88	119	4.51 ± 0.37	3.80-7.30	46	4.86 ± 0.16	4.50-5.26	24	4.93 ± 0.23	4.50-5.32
DL	12	5.65 ± 0.37	4.90-6.00	10	5.88 ± 0.40	5.34-6.44	120	6.13 ± 0.36	5.34-7.02	46	6.84 ± 0.34	5.96-7.58	24	6.95 ± 0.28	6.48-7.40
IFL	12	5.21 ± 0.33	4.54-5.74	10	5.53 ± 0.30	5.12-6.06	120	5.74 ± 0.35	4.76-6.68	44	6.31 ± 0.33	5.20-7.02	24	6.27 ± 0.26	5.70-6.78
OCW	12	5.83 ± 0.17	5.56-6.12	10	5.84 ± 0.20	5.50-6.14	116	6.15 ± 0.17	5.70-6.56	45	6.57 ± 0.19	6.10-6.92	24	6.47 ± 0.19	6.04-6.76
ZP	12	2.08 ± 0.13	1.86-2.32	10	2.01 ± 0.24	1.70-2.36	120	2.18 ± 0.20	1.70-2.78	46	2.40 ± 0.18	2.06-2.90	24	2.43 ± 0.11	2.22-2.60
ML	12	11.58 ± 0.52	10.76-12.20	10	11.93 ± 0.57	11.16-12.66	117	12.76 ± 0.48	11.60-13.94	46	13.53 ± 0.36	12.58-14.20	24	13.75 ± 0.41	13.10-14.36
MdTRL	12	3.77 ± 0.11	3.60-3.98	10	4.03 ± 0.10	3.88-4.18	119	4.24 ± 0.15	3.90-4.80	46	4.47 ± 0.16	4.12-4.76	24	4.47 ± 0.14	4.24-4.80