Akodon azarae

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 238 meters (0 to 781 feet).[1]

Ecology: This species occurs in montane habitats , in scrub meadows and along the edges of glens (Gonzalez 2001). Gestation period is 24-25 days with 3-7 young per litter , and births between October and May (Gonzalez 2001).[2].

List of Habitats:

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 09-Jun-2004

Similar Species

Members of the genus Akodon

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 58 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. aerosus (Highland Grass Mouse) · A. aerosus aerosus (Highland Grass Mouse) · A. affinis (Colombian Grass Mouse) · A. albiventer (White-Bellied Grass Mouse) · A. aliquantulus (Diminutive Akodont) · A. azarae (Azara's Grass Mouse) · A. azarae azarae (Azara's Grass Mouse) · A. bogotensis (Bogota Grass Mouse) · A. boliviensis (Bolivian Grass Mouse) · A. boliviensis boliviensis (Bolivian Grass Mouse) · A. budini (Budin's Grass Mouse) · A. cursor (Cursor Grass Mouse) · A. dayi (Day's Grass Mouse) · A. dolores (C?rdoba Akodont) · A. fumeus (Smoky Grass Mouse) · A. hershkovitzi (South American Field Mice) · A. illuteus (South American Field Mice) · A. iniscatus (Intelligent Grass Mouse) · A. iniscatus iniscatus (Intelligent Grass Mouse) · A. juninensis (Junín Grass Mouse) · A. kempi (Kemp's Grass Mouse) · A. kofordi (Koford's Grass Mouse) · A. lanosus (South American Field Mice) · A. latebricola (Ecuadorean Grass Mouse) · A. lindberghi (Lindbergh's Grass Mouse) · A. longipilis (South American Field Mice) · A. longipilis longipilis (Long-Haired Grass Mouse) · A. lutescens (Altiplano Grass Mouse) · A. mansoensis (South American Field Mice) · A. markhami (South American Field Mice) · A. mimus (Thespian Grass Mouse) · A. molinae (Molina's Grass Mouse) · A. mollis (Soft Grass Mouse) · A. montensis (Montane Akodont) · A. neocenus (Neuqu?n Akodont) · A. nigrita (Blackish Grass Mouse) · A. oenos (Monte Akodont) · A. olivaceus (South American Field Mice) · A. olivaceus olivaceus (Olive Grass Mouse) · A. orophilus (El Dorado Grass Mouse) · A. paranaensis (Paran? Akodont) · A. pervalens (Tarija Akodont) · A. puer (Altiplano Grass Mouse) · A. reigi (Reigs Akodont) · A. sanborni (South American Field Mice) · A. sanctipaulensis (Sao Paulo Grass Mouse) · A. serrensis (Serrado Do Mar Grass Mouse) · A. siberiae (Cochabamba Grass Mouse) · A. simulator (Gray-Bellied Grass Mouse) · A. spegazzinii (Spegazzini's Grass Mouse) · A. subfuscus (Puno Grass Mouse) · A. surdus (Silent Grass Mouse) · A. sylvanus (Forest Grass Mouse) · A. toba (Chaco Grass Mouse) · A. torques (Cloud Forest Grass Mouse) · A. urichi (Northern Grass Mouse) · A. varius (Variable Grass Mouse) · A. xanthorhinus (South American Field Mice)

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Further Reading

• Breviora. 1976 Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, [1952- url p. 28.
• Mice of the Akodon boliviensis size class (Sigmodontinae, Cricetidae), with the description of two new species from Brazil / Philip Hershovitz. 57 1990 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1990. url fig. 7 , fig. 12 , fig. 9 , fig. 22 , table 1 , fig. 8 , p. 16, p. 17, p. 18, p. 21, p. 3, p. 34, p. 5, p. iii.
• Observations on the biology of rodents in Uruguay / [Toronto: Royal Ontario Museum], 1969. url p. 10, p. 17, p. 18, p. 20, p. 21, p. 22, p. 23, p. 27, p. 3, p. 43, p. 55, p. 58.
• Revision of the tribe Phyllotini (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae), with a phylogenetic hypothesis for the Sigmodontinae / Scott J. Steppan. 80 1995 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1995. url table 5 , p. 109, p. 42.
• Seventy-five years of mammalogy, 1919-1994 / edited by Elmer C. Birney, Jerry R. Choate. [Provo, Utah]: American Society of Mammalogists, c1994. url p. 367.
• Studies in neotropical mammalogy: essays in honor of Philip Hershkovitz / edited by Bruce D. Patterson, Robert M. Timm. 39 1987 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1987. url table 11 , p. 356, p. 374, p. 380, p. 382, p. 387, p. 389, p. 396, p. 397, p. 445, p. 63, p. 80.
• Systematics and biology of the woodland jumping mouse, Napaeozapus insignis Urbana, University of Illinois Press[1972] url p. 109, p. 116, p. 22.
• The description of a new species of South American hocicudo, or long-nose mouse, genus Oxymycterus (Sigmodontinae, Muroidea): with a critical review of the generic content / Philip Hershkovitz. 79 1994 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1994. url p. 37.

Notes

Contributors

• Baillie, J. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed February 2, 2012.
• D'Elia, G. & Pardinas., U. 2008. Akodon azarae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 13, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 9 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 13, 2008:

• Burke Museum: Mammal Specimens
• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Michigan State University Museum: Vertebrate specimens
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• University of Alaska Museum of the North: MSB Mammals Specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 109550
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-633031
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13816737
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 633031
• IUCN ID: 189534
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1632

Footnotes

1. Mean = 97.850 meters (321.030 feet), Standard Deviation = 70.840 based on 26 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
2. D'Elia, G. & Pardinas., U. 2008. Akodon azarae. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]

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