Caatinga vesper mouse | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Genus: | Calomys |
Species: | C. expulsus (Lund, 1841) |
Binomial name | |
Calomys expulsus |
The caatinga vesper mouse, Calomys expulsus, is a rodent species in the family Cricetidae from South America.[2] It is endemic to eastern Brazil, where it is found in open savanna (cerrado) and thorny scrub (caatinga) habitats.[1]