Chiriqui Brown Mouse

Chiriqui Brown Mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Scotinomys
Species:	S. xerampelinus
Binomial name
Scotinomys xerampelinus (Bangs, 1902)

The Chiriqui Brown Mouse (Scotinomys xerampelinus) also known as the long-tailed singing mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in high elevations of Costa Rica and Panama.

References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Scotinomys xerampelinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.