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Burrowing Mice
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Burrowing Mice

Juscelinomys

Juscelinomys is a genus of burrowing mice. The name is derived from Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek who created the city of Brasilia where the Brasilia burrowing mouse was discovered.There are two living species:

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2 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species

Candango mouse

speciesJuscelinomys candango

Huanchaca mouse

speciesJuscelinomys huanchacae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 44880.