Akodon bogotensis

Akodon bogotensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Akodon
Species: A. bogotensis
Binomial name
Akodon bogotensis
(Thomas, 1895)

Akodon bogotensis, also known as the Bogotá grass mouse[2] or Bogotá akodont,[3] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in the Andes eastern and central Colombia and northwestern Venezuela.[3] Alavarado-Serrano and D'Elía (2013) have assigned the species to a new genus, Neomicroxus along with Neomicroxus latebricola.

References

  1. Gómez-Laverde and Rivas, 2008
  2. Duff and Lawson, 2004
  3. 1 2 Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1093

Literature cited

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