Akodon azarae
Appearance
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Akodon azarae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Akodon |
Species: | A. azarae
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Binomial name | |
Akodon azarae J. Fischer, 1829
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Akodon azarae range map |
Akodon azarae, also known as Azara's akodont[2] or Azara's grass mouse,[1] is a rodent species from South America. It is found from southernmost Brazil through Paraguay and Uruguay into eastern Argentina.[2] It is named after Spanish naturalist Félix de Azara.
References
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- D'Elia, G. and Pardinas, U. 2008. Akodon azarae. 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