Paraguayan bolo mouse

Paraguayan bolo mouse: Paraguayan bolo mouse

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Rodentia

Family: Cricetidae

Genus: Necromys

Species: N. lenguarum

Binomial name

Necromys lenguarum
(Thomas, 1898)

The Paraguayan bolo mouse (Necromys lenguarum) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.^[2] It is known from Bolivia, Paraguay and Peru, and may be present in Argentina and Brazil. It is found at elevations from 300 to 2030 m in a variety of habitats, including cerrado, chaco and heath pampas.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Dunnum, J., Vargas, J., Bernal, N., Zeballos, H. & Vivar, E. (2008). Necromys lenguarum. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 April 2009.

^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000721.

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