Argentine bolo mouse

Argentine bolo mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Necromys
Species: N. benefactus
Binomial name
Necromys benefactus
(Thomas, 1919)

The Argentine bolo mouse (Necromys benefactus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is endemic to central Argentina, where it is found in the pampas and the drier espinal (lowland thorn brush).[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Pardinas, U., Teta, P. & D'Elia, G. (2008). Necromys benefactus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 18 April 2009.
  2. ^ 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=13000718.