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Variable grass mouse

The variable grass mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from Bolivia, where it is found at elevations from 400 to 3000 m.

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Variable grass mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Akodon
Species:
A. varius
Binomial name
Akodon varius
Thomas, 1902

The variable grass mouse (Akodon varius) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from Bolivia, where it is found at elevations from 400 to 3000 m.1

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References

  1. Dunnum, J.; Vargas, J. & Bernal, N. (2008). "Akodon varius". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T766A13076764. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T766A13076764.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  • 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.