Juscelinomys

Burrowing mice
Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
Jusceliomys candango
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Akodontini
Genus: Juscelinomys
Moojen, 1965
Type species
Juscelinomys candango [1]
Species

Juscelinomys candango
Juscelinomys guaporensis
Juscelinomys huanchacae

Juscelinomys is a genus of burrowing mice. The name is derived from Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek who created the city of Brasilia where the Brasilia burrowing mouse was discovered.

There are two living species:

A fourth species, J. talpinus, is known only from subfossil remains. Some authorities treat it as a distinct species or a senior synonym for one or all species in Juscelinomys.[1]

  1. ^ a b 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. pp. 1121–1122. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.