Necromys amoenus Thomas 1900

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1129

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11325288
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scientific name	Necromys amoenus Thomas 1900
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Necromys amoenus Thomas 1900 View in CoL

Necromys amoenus Thomas 1900 View in CoL , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 6: 468.

Type Locality: Perú, Arequipa Dept., Calalla, Río Colca, near Sumbay, 3500 m.

Vernacular Names: Pleasant Akodont.

Distribution: Altiplano grasslands, above 3200 m, of SE Perú and W Bolivia, as far south as Tarija Dept. (Anderson, 1993).

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as Bolomys amoenus .

Discussion: Morphological definition as type species of Bolomys Thomas, 1916 , clarified by Reig (1987) and Anderson and Olds (1989). Additional Bolivian localities reported by Salazar-Bravo et al. (2002 b).