Akodon albiventer, also known as the white-bellied grass mouse[1] or white-bellied akodont,[2] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in the Andean highlands from southeastern Peru to southwestern Bolivia, northwestern Argentina, and far northeastern Chile at elevations from 2400 m to over 5000 m.[1][2]
Akodon albiventer | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Akodon |
Species: | A. albiventer
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Binomial name | |
Akodon albiventer Thomas, 1897
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Synonyms | |
berlepschii Thomas, 1898 |
References
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edit- Dunnum, J., Vargas, J., Bernal, N., Zeballos, H., Vivar, E. & Patterson, B., Pardinas, U. and Jayat, J.P. 2008. Akodon albiventer. 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