Necromys conifer Ameghino, 1889
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Senior synonym of Necromys benefactus (=Akodon benefactus), but the latter is widely used instead.
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene?
Distribution
Argentina?
Biology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Ameghino, F. (1889). Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027
Other references:
Jayat, J. Pablo, D’Elía, Guillermo, Ortiz, Pablo E. and Teta, Pablo. (2016). A new species of the rodent genus Necromys Ameghino (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae: Akodontini) from the Chaco Serrano grasslands of northwestern Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 97(5): 1321-1335. [Abstract]