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Day's Grass Mouse
Akodon dayi
Day's grass mouse (Akodon dayi), also known as the dusky akodont, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Bolivia.
From the article Day's grass mouse on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
A. dayi is known to occur from southern Pando Department to west-central Santa Cruz Department at altitudes of 0–2,450 m (0–8,038 ft) above sea level. It typically inhabits grassy areas, gardens, and clearings, but is also found in montane habitats and the evergreen forests of the Yungas bioregion.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
In human culture
A. dayi was described by Wilfred Hudson Osgood in 1916. The specific epithet dayi was given in honour of Lee Garnett Day, an American businessman and army officer who partially financed the 1915 expedition during which the holotype was collected.
Wikipedia: “Taxonomy and history”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 44609.