Akodon budini

Akodon budini
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Akodon
Species:	A. budini
Binomial name
Akodon budini (Thomas, 1918)

Akodon budini, also known as Budin's akodont^[2] or Budin's grass mouse,^[1] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in the Andes of northwestern Argentina and adjacent Bolivia.^[3] The species is named after Emilio Budin, an Argentine specimen collector who worked with Oldfield Thomas.^[4]

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• Jayat, J. and Pardinas, U. 2008. Akodon budini. In IUCN. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on April 2, 2010.
• Musser, G.G. and Carleton, M.D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894–1531 in Wilson, D.E. and Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd ed. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols., 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0
• Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.