Necromys lasiurus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

Bibliography

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	CRICETIDAE

Scientific Name:

Necromys lasiurus

Species Authority:

(Lund, 1840)

Common Name/s:

English

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Hairy-tailed Bolo Mouse

Synonym/s:

Bolomys lasiurus (Lund, 1840)

Taxonomic Notes:

This may be a species complex of lenguarum and probably includes some synonyms which are valid species.

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Marinhio-Filho, J., Vieira, E., D'Elia, G. & Pardinas, U.
Reviewer/s:	Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is listed as Least Concern in because of its wide distribution, presumed large population, occurrence in a number of protected areas, tolerance to some degree of habitat modification, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from central Brazil south of the Amazon River, extreme southeast Peru (as per Pacheco et al., 1995), and northeast Argentina (see Galliari et al. 1996); limits uncertain (Musser and Carleton, 2005). It also occurs in Paraguay and Bolivia.
Countries:	Native: Argentina; Bolivia, Plurinational States of; Brazil; Paraguay; Peru
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is abundant to very common.
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This rodent occurs in open areas, grasslands, forest borders, and in cerrado enclaves within the Amazon. It is a diurnal and nocturnal species. It feeds on insects and fruits.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There are no major threats at this time.

Major Threat(s):

There are no major threats at this time.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This rodent occurs in several protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

This rodent occurs in several protected areas.

Bibliography [top]

	Galliari, C., Pardinas, U. and Goin, F. 1996. Lista comentada de los mam¡feros Argentinos. Mastozoología Neotropical 3(1): 39-61. Musser, G. G. and Carleton, M. D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D. E. Wilson and D. A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA. Pacheco, V., de Macedo, H., Vivar, E., Ascorra, C. F., Arana-Cardó, R. and Solari, S. 1995. Lista anotada de los mamíferos peruanos. Occasional Papers in Conservation Biology 2: 1-35.

Galliari, C., Pardinas, U. and Goin, F. 1996. Lista comentada de los mam¡feros Argentinos. Mastozoología Neotropical 3(1): 39-61.

Musser, G. G. and Carleton, M. D. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. In: D. E. Wilson and D. A. Reeder (eds), Mammal Species of the World: a geographic and taxonomic reference, pp. 894-1531. The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA.

Pacheco, V., de Macedo, H., Vivar, E., Ascorra, C. F., Arana-Cardó, R. and Solari, S. 1995. Lista anotada de los mamíferos peruanos. Occasional Papers in Conservation Biology 2: 1-35.

Citation:	Marinhio-Filho, J., Vieira, E., D'Elia, G. & Pardinas, U. 2008. Necromys lasiurus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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