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{{Short description|Genus of rodents}}
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{{automatic taxobox
| taxon = Brucepattersonius
| authority = Hershkovitz, 1998
| type_species = ''[[Brucepattersonius soricinus]]''
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
*''[[Brucepattersonius griserufescens]]''
*''[[Brucepattersonius guarani]]'' 
*''[[Brucepattersonius igniventris]]''
*''[[Brucepattersonius iheringi]]''
*''[[Brucepattersonius misionensis]]''
*''[[Brucepattersonius paradisus]]''
*''[[Brucepattersonius soricinus]]''
}}

'''''Brucepattersonius''''' is a [[genus]] of [[rodent]]s within the tribe [[Akodontini]] from southeastern South America.<ref name = MSW3>{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13000604 | pages=1104-1105}}</ref> Also known as '''brucies''', the genus is named after Bruce Patterson, MacArthur Curator at the Department of Zoology (Mammals), at the [[Field Museum of Natural History]], [[Chicago]].

==History==
In 1998, [[Philip Hershkovitz]] described the genus and four species from the [[Atlantic Forest]] of southeastern [[List of mammals of Brazil|Brazil]] and also included the previously described species ''B.&nbsp;iheringi'', which had been included in ''[[Oxymycterus]]'' and some other genera before.<ref>Hershkovitz, P. (1998). Report of some sigmodontinae rodents collected in southeastern Brazil with description of a new genus and six new species. ''Bonner Zoologische Beitraege, 47'', 193-256.</ref> Two years later, Mares and Braun described three additional species from [[Misiones Province]], northeastern Argentina, on the basis of a total of three specimens.<ref>[http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/pdf/2000/00-04.pdf Mares, M. A., and J. K. Braun (2000)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824002031/http://www.snomnh.ou.edu/pdf/2000/00-04.pdf |date=2009-08-24 }}. Three new species of ''Brucepattersonius'' (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from Misiones Province, Argentina. ''Occasional Papers of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 9'', 1-3.</ref> In 2006, Vilela and others found that two of Hershkovitz's species were in fact identical. More material from Argentina was later reported, but not assigned to species.<ref>Vilela, J. F., J. A. de Oliveira, and C. R. Bonvicino (2006). Taxonomic status of ''Brucepattersonius albinasus'' (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). ''Zootaxa, 1199'', 61-68.</ref>

==Description==
The brucies belong to the [[Subfamily (biology)|subfamily]] [[Sigmodontinae]] and the [[tribe (biology)|tribe]] [[Akodontini]].  They are ground-dwellers, and may have a preference for higher altitudes within the rainforest area.  Each species is thought to be restricted to a limited area. It is uncertain if they are all distinct species, since many are known from very few specimens, which makes it difficult to know how variable brucies are.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

==References==
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