Vesper mouse

Vesper mouse Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent

Calomys laucha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Calomys Waterhouse, 1837
Species
Calomys boliviae Calomys callidus Calomys callosus Calomys cerqueirai Calomys expulsus Calomys fecundus Calomys hummelincki Calomys laucha Calomys lepidus Calomys musculinus Calomys sorellus Calomys tener Calomys tocantinsi Calomys venustus
Synonyms
Hesperomys Waterhouse, 1839

Calomys is a genus of rodents, also called vesper mice. The genus is widely distributed in South America.

Some species are notable as the vectors of Argentinian hemorrhagic fever and Bolivian hemorrhagic fever.

References

Bonvicino, C.R. et al.. 2010. A new species of Calomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from Eastern Brazil. Zootaxa 2336: 19–25.
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. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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