Large Vesper Mouse

Large Vesper Mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Calomys
Species: C. callosus
Binomial name
Calomys callosus
Rengger, 1830

The Large Vesper Mouse, Calomys callosus, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.

It is particularly notable as the vector of Bolivian hemorrhagic fever.

References

  1. ^ Dunnum, J., Vargas, J., Bernal, N., D'Elia, G., Pardinas, U. & Teta., P. (2008). Calomys callosus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 March 2009.