''Akodon azarae'', also known as Azara's akodontMusser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1093 or Azara's grass mouse, is a

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from

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. It is found from southernmost

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through

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and

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into eastern

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. It is named after

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Félix de Azara Félix de Azara y Perera (18 May 1742 – 20 October 1821) was a Spanish military officer, naturalist, and engineer. Life Félix de Azara y Perera was born on 18 May 1746 in Barbuñales, Aragon. He joined the army and attended a Spanish milita ...

References

Literature cited

*D'Elia, G. and Pardinas, U. 2008. . 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. Mammals of Argentina Rodents of Brazil Mammals of Paraguay Mammals of Uruguay Akodon Mammals described in 1829 Stored-product pests Taxa named by Johann Baptist Fischer {{Akodon-stub