Caatinga vesper mouse

Caatinga vesper mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Cricetidae
Subfamily:Sigmodontinae
Genus:Calomys
Species: C. expulsus
Binomial name
Calomys expulsus
(Lund, 1841)

The caatinga vesper mouse (Calomys expulsus) is a rodent species in the family Cricetidae from South America.[2] It is endemic to eastern Brazil, where it is found in open savanna (cerrado) and thorny scrub (caatinga) habitats.[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 66 and FN = 68. It was formerly synonymized with C. callosus, but the latter has 2n = 50 and FN = 66.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Bonvicino, C.R.; Geise, L. (2016). "Calomys expulsus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016 (errata version published in 2017): e.T136689A115211375. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T136689A22335287.en. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 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. p. 1107. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.


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