Akodon kofordi

Myers & J. L. Patton, 1989

Koford's Grass Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Akodontini
Genus : Akodon

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Myers, P. and Patton, J.L. 1989. Akodon of Peru and Bolivia—Revision of the fumeus group (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae). Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 721:1-35.

Authority publication link

https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/57157

Original name as described

Akodon kofordi

Other common names

Koford's Akodont · Koford's Akodon

Type material

MVZ:Mamm:171666

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:171666

Type locality

"Agualani, 9 km N by road Limbani, Depto. Puno, Peru, elevation 2840 m."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Bolivia

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002403

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Akodon kofordi

Myers & J. L. Patton, 1989

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

kofordi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MVZ:Mamm:171666

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MVZ:Mamm:171666

Authority page

14

Authority publication

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:477) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #739) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #739) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002403) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/739/22382602) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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