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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
OrdoTherapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Akodon
Species: Akodon affinis
Name

Akodon affinis (J. A. Allen, 1912)

Holotype:

Type locality: “San Antonio (near Cali, alt. 8000 ft. [=2,438 m]), Cauca, Colombia”; San Antonio (3.2993°N, 76.5192°W), Santiago de Cali, Colombia.
Combinations

Microxus affinis J. A. Allen, 1912: 89 [original combination]
Akodon affinis: Goodwin, 1953: 320 [name combination]

References
Primary references

Allen, J.A. 1912. Mammals from western Colombia. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 31: 71–95.

Links

Akodon affinis in Mammal Species of the World.
Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
IUCN: Akodon affinis (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

Akodon affinis, also known as the Colombian grass mouse[1] or Cordillera Occidental akodont,[2] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia.[2]
References

Roach, N. (2016). "Akodon affinis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T724A22380499. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T724A22380499.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

Musser and Carleton, 2005, p. 1092

Literature cited

Andes portal

Anderson, R.P. and Gómez-Laverde, M. 2008. Akodon affinis. 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

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