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Eastern puna mouse

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Species of rodent

Eastern puna mouse
Conservation status

Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Punomys
Species: P. kofordi
Binomial name
Punomys kofordi
Pacheco & Patton, 1995

The eastern puna mouse (Punomys kofordi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to southern Peru, where it is found in moist areas within puna grassland at elevations of 4500 to 4800 m in the Kallawaya mountain range, a section of the Cordillera Oriental.

References

  1. ^ Patterson, B. & Zeballos, H. (2020). "Punomys kofordi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. IUCN: e.T136287A22335357. Retrieved 17 December 2020.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1164. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Taxon identifiers
Punomys kofordi


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