Large vesper mouse
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| Large vesper mouse | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Calomys |
| Species: | C. callosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Calomys callosus Rengger, 1830
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The large vesper mouse (Calomys callosus) is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay. Its karyotype has 2n = 50 and FN = 66. It was formerly synonymized with C. expulsus, but the latter has 2n = 66 and FN = 68.[2] It is particularly notable as the vector of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever.
References
- ↑ Dunnum, J.; Vargas, J.; Bernal, N.; D'Elia, G.; Pardinas, U. & Teta., P. (2008). "Calomys callosus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2009.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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. 1106–1107. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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