El Dorado grass mouse

El Dorado grass mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Akodon
Species: A. orophilus
Binomial name
Akodon orophilus
Osgood, 1913

The El Dorado grass mouse or Utcubamba akodont (Akodon orophilus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.

References

  1. Zeballos, H. & Vivar, E. (2008). Akodon orophilus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
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