Candango mouse

Candango mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Juscelinomys
Species:
†J. candango
Binomial name
†Juscelinomys candango
Moojen, 1965
Synonyms

Juscelinomys talpinus Winge, 1887

The candango mouse or candango akodont (Juscelinomys candango) is an extinct rodent species from South America.[2] It was found around Brasília until the 1960s when its habitat was overtaken by urban sprawl and it is now presumed extinct.

The candango mouse is dark in coloration with individual gray hairs sticking out of its fur with orange or black tips giving it red streaks with dark coloration.[3] It has small ears that are completely haired on both external and internal surfaces, and it has a short tail that gets wider towards the base and is covered in hair.[3]

References

  1. ^ Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. (2008). "Juscelinomys candango". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T10946A3228892. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T10946A3228892.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. ^ 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. p. 1121-1122. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ a b Emmons, Louise (1999). "Two new species of Juscelinomys (Rodentia, Muridae) from Bolivia". American Museum Novitates (3280). hdl:2246/3026.


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