Candango mouse

Candango mouse
Conservation status
	; Extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
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 talpinus Winge, 1887

The candango mouse or candango akodont (Juscelinomys candango) is an extinct rodent species from South America.[2] It was found around Brasilia in 1960, but its habitat has been overtaken by urban sprawl, and is now presumed extinct.

References

Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. (2008). "Juscelinomys candango". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T10946A3228892. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T10946A3228892.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
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. 1121-1122. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[1] Leite, Y. & Patterson, B. (2008). "Juscelinomys candango". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T10946A3228892. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T10946A3228892.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.

[MSW3-2] 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. 1121-1122. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.