Akodon aerosus

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Akodon aerosus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
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]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bernal, N.; Dunnum, J.; Vivar, E. (2016). "Akodon aerosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T723A22380418. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T723A22380418.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1092

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