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Vesper Mice
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Vesper Mice

Calomys

Vesper mice are rodents belonging to the genus Calomys. They are widely distributed in South America. Some species are notable as the vectors of Argentinian hemorrhagic fever and Bolivian hemorrhagic fever.

The genus was originally named Hesperomys, but was changed to Calomys in 1962.

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19 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 19 known species

small vesper mouse

speciesCalomys laucha

Drylands Vesper Mouse

speciesCalomys musculinus

caatinga vesper mouse

speciesCalomys expulsus

delicate vesper mouse

speciesCalomys tener

large vesper mouse

speciesCalomys callosus

Andean vesper mouse

speciesCalomys lepidus

crafty vesper mouse

speciesCalomys callidus

Hummelinck's Vesper Mouse

speciesCalomys hummelincki

fecund vesper mouse

speciesCalomys fecundus

Tocantins vesper mouse

speciesCalomys tocantinsi

Cerqueira's Vesper Mouse

speciesCalomys cerqueirai

Achaku Vesper Mouse

speciesCalomys achaku

Chinchilico Vesper Mouse

speciesCalomys chinchilico

Peruvian vesper mouse

speciesCalomys sorella

Long-tailed Vesper Mouse

speciesCalomys frida

Short-tailed Vesper Mouse

speciesCalomys miurus

Córdoba vesper mouse

speciesCalomys venustus

Bolivian vesper mouse

speciesCalomys boliviae

Mattevi's Vesper Mouse

speciesCalomys mattevii

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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 45055.