Akodon juninensis Myers, Patton & M. F. Smith 1990

Autor: Wilson, Don E., Mittermeier, Russell A., Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
Rok vydání: 2017
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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6727437
Popis: 559. Junin Grass Mouse Akodon juninensis French: Akodon du Junin / German: Junin-Graslandmaus / Spanish: Raton campestre de Junin Other common names: Junin Akodont Taxonomy. Akodon juninensis Myers, Patton & M. F. Smith, 1990, “ 22 km N La Oroya (by road), Depto. Junin, Peru. 4040 m.” This species is monotypic. Distribution. W & E Andean slopes in Peru. Descriptive notes. Head-body 97 mm,tail 62 mm, ear 12 mm, hindfoot 19-5 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Junin Grass Mouse is a small species of Akodon. Dorsum is brownish to pale olivaceous, heavily lined with black; venter has hairs with whitish or buffy tips; hairs on chin and sometimes upper throat are unicolored and white; and tail is densely furred and sharply bicolored. Chromosomal complement is 2n = 40, FN = 40. Habitat. Puna grassland habitats, crop fields, dense bunchgrass in well-drained and fine-grained soils, and sparse perennial forests at elevations of 2700-3800 m. Food and Feeding. No information. Breeding. No information. Activity patterns. No information. Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information. Status and Conservation. Classified as Least Concern on The IUCN Red List. Bibliography. Pacheco (2002), Pacheco et al. (2016b), Myers et al. (1990), Pardinas, Teta, Alvarado-Serrano et al. (2015).
Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Cricetidae, pp. 204-535 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 475, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6707142
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