Necromys
Sign in to saveNecromys is a genus of South American sigmodontine rodents allied to Akodon. This genus has also been known as Cabreramys or more recently Bolomys, and the northern grass mouse (N. urichi) has recently been transferred from Akodon.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderRodentia
- FamilyCricetidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 85
- Family
- Cricetidae
- Collections
- USNM, OMNH, UCONN, MVZ, TTU, MSB
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Akodontini
- Image
- Ratinho do Cerrado.jpg
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- Necromys
- taxon rank
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- topic's main category
- Category:Necromys
- taxon common name
- Bolo Mouse
- Commons category
- Necromys
- taxon synonym
- Bolomys
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Encyclopedic overview
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Necromys is a genus of South American sigmodontine rodents allied to Akodon. This genus has also been known as Cabreramys or more recently Bolomys, and the northern grass mouse (N. urichi) has recently been transferred from Akodon.
== History == Most of the Brazilian members of the genus Necromys were first described in the second half of the nineteenth century, and the species from the Andes followed in the first decades of the twentieth century. Small rodents in South America were studied by the British zoologist Oldfield Thomas, curator at the Natural History Museum, London who erected the genus Bolomys in 1916.
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