| Necromys Temporal range: Late Pliocene–Recent
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| Hairy-tailed bolo mouse (Necromys lasiurus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Akodontini |
| Genus: | Necromys Ameghino, 1889 |
| Type species | |
| Necromys conifer [1] | |
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Necromys is a genus of South American sigmodontine rodents allied to Akodon.[1] This genus has also been known as Cabreramys or more recently Bolomys, and the northern grass mouse (N. urichi) has recently been transferred from Akodon.
- ^ a b Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1130–1131. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.