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

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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)
Geographic range in South America
Synonyms

tolimae J.A. Allen, 1913

References

  1. Anderson and Gómez-Laverde, 2008
  2. 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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