| Burrowing mice Temporal range:Pleistocene - Recent | |
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| Jusceliomys candango | |
Scientific 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 is agenus ofburrowing mice. The name is derived fromBrazilian presidentJuscelino Kubitschek who created the city ofBrasília where theBrasília burrowing mouse was discovered.
There are two living species:
A fourth species,J. talpinus, is known only fromsubfossil remains. Some authorities treat it as a distinct species or a senior synonym for one or all species inJuscelinomys.[1]
