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 5. Comparative measurements of young specimens (age class 2) of A. spegazzinii Thomas and all its associated nominal forms: A. alterus Thomas, leucolimnaeus Cabrera, and A. tucumanensis J. A. Allen. X: mean; SD: standard deviation; r: range; n: sample size.

		Akodon spegazzinii		Akodon tucumanensis		Akodon alterus		Akodon leucolimnaeus
	n	X ± SD r	n	X ± SD r	n	X ± SD r	n	X ± SD r
TBL	40	145 ± 8.01 127–162	95	153 ± 10.45 129–186	19	144 ± 7.61 130–158	7	157 ± 6.63 145–164
TL	40	59 ± 4.16 50–69	98	66 ± 5.48 53–80	19	60 ± 3.71 54–66	7	67 ± 4.31 59–72
HF	43	22 ± 1.07 20–24	99	22 ± 1.09 20–25	19	22 ± 0.92 20–24	8	24 ± 0.52 23–24
EL	43	14 ± 0.73 12.0–16.0	99	14 ± 0.67 12.0–15.0	19	14 ± 0.46 13.0–15.0	8	14 ± 0.64 13.0–15.0
W	41	20.2 ± 3.18 14.0–27.5	96	19.8 ± 4.19 13–32	19	16.5 ± 2.76 11.0–23.0	8	21.5 ± 1.83 19.0–25.0
MSL	41	23.92 ± 0.60 22.28–25.14	102	24.43 ± 0.79 22.22–26.50	18	23.77 ± 0.66 22.66–24.70	8	24.61 ± 0.53 23.74–25.50
CIL	43	21.86 ± 0.65 20.30–23.10	101	22.37 ± 0.84 20.52–25.20	18	21.53 ± 0.65 20.48–22.64	8	22.65 ± 0.54 21.72–23.42
RL	42	8.61 ± 0.34 7.80–9.12	102	8.88 ± 0.37 7.86–9.96	19	8.57 ± 0.31 8.04–9.22	8	8.98 ± 0.30 8.68–9.64
ZB	42	12.26 ± 0.34 11.70–13.34	102	12.33 ± 0.35 11.20–13.32	19	12.00 ± 0.40 11.16–12.70	8	12.79 ± 0.23 12.54–13.12
BB	43	11.40 ± 0.16 11.06–11.72	102	11.50 ± 0.26 10.82–12.04	18	11.46 ± 0.32 10.66–12.02	8	11.67 ± 0.27 11.20–12.10
IOC	43	4.40 ± 0.15 4.08–4.70	102	4.43 ± 0.16 4.08–4.82	19	4.37 ± 0.16 4.12–4.64	8	4.39 ± 0.11 4.18–4.50
MTRL	43	4.14 ± 0.15 3.84–4.50	102	4.15 ± 0.13 3.86–4.46	19	4.09 ± 0.11 3.94–4.28	8	4.21 ± 0.13 4.02–4.42
NL	42	8.51 ± 0.29 7.80–9.00	102	8.67 ± 0.42 7.70–9.80	19	8.42 ± 0.34 7.90–9.12	8	8.60 ± 0.32 8.28–9.12
RW2	43	4.36 ± 0.16 4.06–4.68	102	4.43 ± 0.21 3.88–5.00	19	4.22 ± 0.21 3.88–4.50	8	4.69 ± 0.20 4.34–5.06
DL	43	5.81 ± 0.22 5.20–6.12	102	5.99 ± 0.29 5.24–6.76	19	5.73 ± 0.23 5.24–6.12	8	6.18 ± 0.19 5.86–6.42
IFL	43	5.36 ± 0.24 4.98–6.04	102	5.64 ± 0.27 5.10–6.42	19	5.37 ± 0.31 5.04–5.96	8	5.63 ± 0.21 5.28–5.90
OCW	42	6.10 ± 0.16 5.76–6.38	101	6.14 ± 0.19 5.70–6.76	18	6.07 ± 0.13 5.80–6.30	8	6.37 ± 0.13 6.24–6.54
ZP	43	2.11 ± 0.12 1.94–2.40	102	2.16 ± 0.18 1.80–2.68	19	1.99 ± 0.12 1.70–2.24	8	2.33 ± 0.08 2.24–2.46
ML	43	12.35 ± 0.36 11.36–12.84	102	12.47 ± 0.43 11.44–13.74	19	12.13 ± 0.38 11.46–12.74	8	13.03 ± 0.24 12.74–13.52
MdTRL	43	4.16 ± 0.19 3.32–4.52	102	4.21 ± 0.14 3.94–4.52	19	4.21 ± 0.12 4.04–4.48	8	4.31 ± 0.13 4.18–4.56