Koford's grass mouse (Akodon kofordi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Peru. It is named after American biologist Carl B. Koford.
| Koford's grass mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Akodon |
| Species: | A. kofordi
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| Binomial name | |
| Akodon kofordi Myers & Patton, 1989
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References
edit- ^ Bernal, N.; Dunnum, J.; Vivar, E.; Zeballos, H. (2016). "Akodon kofordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T739A22382602. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T739A22382602.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- 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.