Vesper mouse

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vesper mouse
Fossil range: Pleistocene to Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Calomys
Waterhouse, 1837
Species

Calomys boliviae
Calomys callidus
Calomys callosus
Calomys hummelincki
Calomys laucha
Calomys lepidus
Calomys musculinus
Calomys sorellus
Calomys tener
Calomys tocantinsi

Synonyms

Hesperomys Waterhouse, 1839

Calomys is a genus of rodents, also called Vesper mice.

Some species are notable as the vectors of Argentinian hemorrhagic fever and Bolivian hemorrhagic fever.