Akodon aerosus
| Akodon aerosus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Akodon |
| Species: | A. aerosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Akodon aerosus Thomas, 1913 | |
Akodon aerosus, also known as the highland grass mouse[1] or Yungas akodont,[2] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in the eastern Andes from eastern Ecuador through Peru into central Bolivia.[2]
References
Literature cited
- Dunnum, J., Vargas, J., Bernal, N., Zeballos, H., Vivar, E. and Patterson, B. 2008. Akodon aerosus. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on April 2, 2010.
- Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
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