Akodon budini

Akodon budini, also known as Budin's akodont[2] or Budin's grass mouse,[1] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in the Andes of northwestern Argentina and adjacent Bolivia.[3] The species is named after Emilio Budin, an Argentine specimen collector who worked with Oldfield Thomas.[4]

Akodon budini
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Akodon
Species:
A. budini
Binomial name
Akodon budini
(Thomas, 1918)

References

  1. Jayat and Pardinas, 2008
  2. Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1093
  3. Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1094
  4. Beolens, Watkins and Grayson, 2009, p. 62

Literature cited

  • Jayat, J. and Pardinas, U. 2008. Akodon budini. 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
  • Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.


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