Paraguayan bolo mouse

Paraguayan bolo mouse
Conservation status
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

  1. ^ 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.
  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=13000721.