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--> FAMILY Cricetidae
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--> GENUS Necromys
SPECIES Necromys obscurus
Author: | Waterhouse, 1837. | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837: 16. | Common Name: | Dark-furred Akodont | Type Locality: | Uruguay, Maldonado Dept., Maldonado. | Distribution: | Isolated populations along coastal areas in S Uruguay (obscurus) and Buenos Aires Prov., EC Argentina (scagliarum). | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Bolomys obscurus. | Comments: | Type species of Cabreramys (Massoia and Fornes, 1967), a taxon considered a junior synonym of Bolomys by Reig (1978, 1987) and of Necromys by Massoia and Pardiñas (1993). Formerly contained benefactus as a subspecies (see above account). Geographic variation and allopatric distribution in light of late Pleistocene climatic changes discussed by Galliari and Pardiñas (2000). The strong morphometric differentiation between and probable long-term isolation of the named populations, as demonstrated by the latter authors, recommend reconsideration of their status using other information sources. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
scagliarum Galliari and Pardiñas, 2000
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