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Candango mouse
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IUCN EX · Extinct

Candango mouse

Juscelinomys candango

The candango mouse (Juscelinomys candango) is an extinct rodent species from South America. It was found around Brasilia in 1960, but its habitat has been overtaken by urban sprawl, and is now presumed extinct.

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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 44883.