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Serra do Mar grass mouse

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Rodentia

Genus
  
Akodon

Higher classification
  
Akodon

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Cricetidae

Scientific name
  
Akodon serrensis

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Akodon, Rodent, Mammal, Sigmodontinae, Cricetidae

The Serra do Mar Grass Mouse or Cerrado Grass Mouse (Akodon serrensis) is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

PardiƱas et al. (2016) transferred this species from the genus Akodon to the separate akodontine genus Castoria. The authors also considered A. serrensis to be likely junior synonym of the species Habrothrix angustidens Winge (1887), described on the basis of fossil (probably late Pleistocene) remains recovered from five cave deposits in the area of Lagoa Santa (Minas Gerais, Brazil), which is the type species of the genus Castoria.

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Serra do Mar grass mouse Wikipedia