El Dorado grass mouse

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El Dorado grass mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
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.

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References

  1. Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E. (2016). "Akodon orophilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T752A22382763. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T752A22382763.en . Retrieved 11 November 2021.