Chiriqui brown mouse

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Chiriqui brown mouse
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Scotinomys
Species: S. xerampelinus
Binomial name
Scotinomys xerampelinus
(Bangs, 1902)

The Chiriqui brown mouse (Scotinomys xerampelinus), also known as the long-tailed singing mouse, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found in cloud forest and paramo at elevations of 2100 to 3400 m in Costa Rica and Panama.[1]

Male Chiriqui brown mice sing to attract mates and to warn off other males from their territories. Their songs also serve to repel members of the related, smaller, competing species, S. teguina.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Samudio, R., Timm, R., Pino, J., Woodman, N. & Reid, F. (2008). "Scotinomys xerampelinus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2013-10-08. 
  2. ↑ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1086. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. 
  3. ↑ Arnold, C. (2013-10-04). "Musical Mice Sing to Fend Off Rivals". National Geographic. Retrieved 2013-10-08. 
  4. ↑ Pasch, B.; Bolker, B. M.; Phelps, S. M. (2013-09-09). "Interspecific Dominance Via Vocal Interactions Mediates Altitudinal Zonation in Neotropical Singing Mice". The American Naturalist (The American Society of Naturalists). JSTOR 10.1086/673263. 


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