Fecund vesper mouse

Fecund vesper mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Calomys
Species: C. fecundus
Binomial name
Calomys fecundus
(Thomas, 1926)

The fecund vesper mouse (Calomys fecundus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from Bolivia, where it is found in the yungas and Tucumano boliviano forest ecoregions at elevations from 600 to 2700 m.[1] It is regarded by some authorities as conspecific with C. boliviae,[1][2] and by some as conspecific with C. venustus,[3] despite having a karyotype with 2n = 54 while C. venustus generally has a karyotype with 2n = 56.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bernal, N. & Vivar, E. (2008). "Calomys fecundus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 27 August 2009.
  2. 1 2 Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Calomys boliviae". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1106. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Calomys venustus". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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.


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