Vesper mouse

Vesper mouse

Taxobox | name = Vesper mouse
fossil_range = Pleistocene to Recent
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Cricetidae
subfamilia = Sigmodontinae
genus = "Calomys"
genus_authority = Waterhouse, 1837
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="Calomys boliviae"
"Calomys callidus"
"Calomys callosus"
"Calomys hummelincki"
"Calomys laucha"
"Calomys lepidus"
"Calomys musculinus"
"Calomys sorellus"
"Calomys tener"
"Calomys tocantinsi"
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.


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