Akodon affinis
Akodon affinis, also known as the Colombian grass mouse[1] or Cordillera Occidental akodont,[2] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia.[2]
| Akodon affinis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Akodon |
| Species: | A. affinis |
| Binomial name | |
| Akodon affinis (J.A. Allen, 1912) | |
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| Geographic range in South America | |
| Synonyms | |
|
tolimae J.A. Allen, 1913 | |
References
- Anderson and Gómez-Laverde, 2008
- Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1092
Literature cited
- Anderson, R.P. and Gómez-Laverde, M. 2008. Akodon affinis. 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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