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Grass Mice
Akodon
Akodon is a genus consisting of South American grass mice. They mostly occur south of the Amazon Basin and along the Andes north to Venezuela, but are absent from much of the basin itself, the far south of the continent, and the lowlands west of the Andes. Akodon is one of the most species-rich genera of Neotropical rodents. Species of Akodon are known to inhabit a variety of habitats from tropical and tropical moist forests to...
42 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 42 known species
Soft Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon mollis
Azara's Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon azarae
Bolivian Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon boliviensis
White-bellied Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon albiventer
Cursor Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon cursor
Montane Akodont
speciesAkodon montensis
Highland Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon aerosus
Dolorous Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon dolores
Intelligent Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon iniscatus
Junín Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon juninensis
Polop's Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon polopi
Paraná Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon paranaensis
El Dorado Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon orophilus
Unicolored Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon caenosus
Puno Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon subfuscus
Colombian Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon affinis
Chaco Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon toba
Thespian Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon mimus
Cochabamba Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon siberiae
Smoky Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon fumeus
Spegazzini's Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon spegazzinii
Variable Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon varius
Koford's Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon kofordi
Budin's Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon budini
Tarija Akodont
speciesAkodon pervalens
Reig's Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon reigi
Monte Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon oenos
Kotosh Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon kotosh
Kadiweu Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon kadiweu
Diauarum Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon diauarum
Arguedas's Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon josemariarguedasi
Dark Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon baliolus
Gray-bellied Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon simulator
Lindbergh's Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon lindberghi
Day's Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon dayi
Caparao Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon mystax
Philip Myers' Akodont
speciesAkodon philipmyersi
Cloud Forest Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon torques
Forest Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon sylvanus
Altiplano Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon lutescens
São Paulo Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon sanctipaulensis
Silent Grass Mouse
speciesAkodon surdus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 44597.