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Delicate vesper mouse

The delicate vesper mouse is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. Its karyotype has 2n = 66 and FN = 66.

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Delicate vesper mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Calomys
Species:
C. tener
Binomial name
Calomys tener
Winge, 1888

The delicate vesper mouse (Calomys tener) is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae.2 It is found in Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil.1 Its karyotype has 2n = 66 and FN = 66.2

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  1. Leite, Y.; Patterson, B. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Calomys tener". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T3617A115066286. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T3617A22335203.en. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
  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. pp. 1108–1109. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.