Silent grass mouse

The silent grass mouse or slate-bellied akodont (Akodon surdus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Peru.

Silent grass mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Akodon
Subgenus: Akodon
Species:
A. surdus
Binomial name
Akodon surdus
Thomas, 1917

Distribution and habitat

The silent grass mouse lives primarily in the Cusco Region in the south east of Peru at altitudes of between 1,500 and 3,000m. Its habitat is generally confined to humid montane forests and it can also persist in selectively logged areas.

Threats

The grass mouse is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List and its numbers are thought to be decreasing.[2] This is mainly due to human settlement, commercial clearcutting and farmland creation which is degrading and declining the Andean forests where the grass mouse lives.[3]

References
  1. Zeballos, H. & Vivar, E. (2008). "Akodon surdus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
  2. Zeballos, H. & Vivar, E. (2008). "Akodon surdus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  3. Zeballos, H. & Vivar, E (2008). "Akodon surdus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 24 July 2015.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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