The eastern puna mouse (''Punomys kofordi'') is a species of
rodent
Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...
in the family
Cricetidae.
It is endemic to southern
Peru
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, 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.
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References
Punomys
Mammals of Peru
Mammals described in 1995
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