Bogotá grass mouse
species of mammal
The Bogotá grass mouse or Bogotá akodont, (Neomicroxus bogotensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.
It is found in the Andes eastern and central Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. Alavarado-Serrano and D'Elía (2013) have assigned the species to a new genus, Neomicroxus along with Neomicroxus latebricola.
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Literature cited
Alavarado-Serrano, D. F. and G. D'Elía (2013). "A new genus for the Andean mice Akodon latebricola and A. bogotensis. (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae)". Journal of Mammalogy. 94 (5): 995–1015. doi:10.1644/12-MAMM-A-276.1. hdl:10533/136796.
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