Bogotá grass mouse


The Bogotá grass mouse or Bogotá akodont, 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 have assigned the species to a new genus, Neomicroxus along with Neomicroxus latebricola.

Literature cited

  • Alavarado-Serrano, D. F. and G. D'Elía. 2013. A new genus for the Andean mice Akodon latebricola and A. bogotensis.. Journal of Mammalogy, 94:995–1015.
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