Dark bolo mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Dark bolo mouse Necromys obscurus Least concern

Where the dark bolo mouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild-collected museum specimen (a central record among 553 open-licence GBIF records – few open-licence observations were available), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Necromys obscurus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the dark bolo mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the dark bolo mouse in 1 country or territory across South America.

Argentina

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the dark bolo mouse endangered?

The dark bolo mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the dark bolo mouse?

The dark bolo mouse (Necromys obscurus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Necromys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the dark bolo mouse

The dark bolo mouse or dark-furred akodont (Necromys obscurus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. There are two subspecies; one (ssp. scagliarum) is found in eastern and central parts of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, and the other (ssp. obscurus) in coastal areas of southern Uruguay.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Dark bolo mouse (revision 1313757856), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q306412 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).