Akodon kotosh
Jiménez & Pacheco, 2016
Kotosh 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
Authority citation
Jiménez, C.F. and Pacheco, V.R. 2016. A new species of grass mouse, genus Akodon Meyen, 1833 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae), from the central Peruvian Yungas. Therya 7(3):449-464.
Original name as described
Akodon kotosh
Type material
MUSM 18950
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Caserío de San Pedro de Carpish, 2400 m, Huánuco, Peru.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Peru
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Jiménez, C. F., & Pacheco, V. (2016). A new species of grass mouse, genus Akodon Meyen, 1833 (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae), from the central Peruvian Yungas. Therya, 7(3).
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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