Tocantins vesper mouse

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Tocantins vesper mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Calomys
Species:
C. tocantinsi
Binomial name
Calomys tocantinsi
Bonvicino, Lima and Almeida, 2003

The Tocantins vesper mouse (Calomys tocantinsi) is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae. [2] [3] It is found in Brazil. Its karyotype has 2n = 46 and FNa = 66. [2]

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References

  1. Bonvicino, C.R.; Marinho-Filho, J. (2017). "Calomys tocantinsi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017: e.T136679A22334992. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136679A22334992.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. 1 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. 1109. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  3. Bonvicino, C. R.; Lima, J. F. S.; Almeida, F. C. (June 2003). "A new species of Calomys Waterhouse (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) from the Cerrado of Central Brazil". Revista Brasileira de Zoologia. 20 (2): 301–307. doi: 10.1590/S0101-81752003000200021 . ISSN   0101-8175.