Vesper mouse
| Vesper mouse Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent | |
|---|---|
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| Calomys laucha | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Calomys Waterhouse, 1837 |
| Species | |
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Calomys boliviae | |
| Synonyms | |
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Hesperomys Waterhouse, 1839 | |
Calomys is a genus of rodents, also called vesper mice. The genus is widely distributed in South America.
Some species are notable as the vectors of Argentinian hemorrhagic fever and Bolivian hemorrhagic fever.
References
- Bonvicino, C.R. et al.. 2010. A new species of Calomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from Eastern Brazil. Zootaxa 2336: 19–25.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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