Akodon azarae

Akodon azarae
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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 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

Literature cited

• 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