Abrotrichini
| Abrotrichini Temporal range: Pliocene to Recent | |
|---|---|
| Abrothrix sanborni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Abrotrichini D'Elía, Pardiñas, Teta, and Patton, 2007 |
| Type genus | |
| Abrothrix Waterhouse, 1837 | |
| Genera | |
Abrotrichini, also known as the Andean clade or southern Andean clade, is a tribe of rodents in the subfamily Sigmodontinae. It includes about fifteen species in four genera, distributed in South America from southern Peru to southernmost South America, including the Patagonian steppes. The earliest known fossils are from the Pliocene of Argentina.