Koford's grass mouse

Koford's grass mouse (Akodon kofordi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Peru. It is named after American biologist Carl B. Koford.

Koford's grass mouse

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Akodon
Species:
A. kofordi
Binomial name
Akodon kofordi
Myers & Patton, 1989

References

  1. Dunnum, J.; Vargas, J.; Bernal, N.; Pacheco, V.; Zeballos, H. & Vivar, E. (2008). "Akodon kofordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 9 February 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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