Candango mouse | |
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Scientific 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 talpinusWinge, 1887 |
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