Juscelinomys candango

Moojen, 1965

Candango Burrowing Mouse

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Akodontini
Genus : Juscelinomys

Species status

Extinct
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Moojen, J. 1965-10. Novo gênero de Cricetidae do Brasil central (Glires, Mammalia). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 25(3):281-285.

Original name as described

Juscelinomys candango

Other common names

Candango Akodont

Type material

MN 23870

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"terrenos da Fundação Zoológico Zoobotánica de Brasília (alt. 1030 m), Distrito Federal," Brazil. Clarified by U. F. J. Pardiñas and colleagues in 2009 to "Jardim Zoológico de Brasilia Sgt. Sílvio Delmar Hollembach (15°51'S, 47°56'O), Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brasil."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Extinct

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002441

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Juscelinomys candango

Moojen, 1965

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

candango

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 23870

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

281

Authority publication

Revista Brasileira de Biologia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1991:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  4. Musser & Carleton (1993:706) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  5. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  6. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:464) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #10946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #10946) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002441) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/10946/160756258) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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