Akodon azarae | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Genus: | Akodon |
Species: | A. azarae |
Binomial name | |
Akodon azarae Fischer, 1829 |
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.