Candango mouse
Conservation status

Extinct (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification edit
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 (Juscelinomys candango) is an extinct rodent species from South America. It was found around Brasilia in 1960, but its habitat has been overtaken by urban sprawl, and is now presumed extinct.


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