Candango mouse

Juscelinomys Candango is probably extinct rodent of the genus mole mice. The species is known only from nine specimens that were collected in Brasilia in 1960.

Features

Juscelinomys Candango reached a head -body length of 136 mm, a tail length of 57 mm, a Hinterfußlänge of 26 mm and an ear length of 15 mm. The skull was robust and the snout was long. The agutibraune back fur was short. The peritoneum was orange. The rather thick cock was well coated.

Habitat and behavior

Prior to the urbanization of the habitat was a park-like landscape with scattered trees and grass vegetation. Little is known about the lifestyle. The species lived in buildings. The stomach contents of one specimen consisted of vegetarian material and of ants.

Status

Juscelinomys Candango discovered in 1960 by the Brazilian zoologists João Moojen Parco Zoobotanico in Brasilia. Nine specimens were collected. Despite several intensive searches the species was, however, no longer re-discovered in the subsequent period. The entire region in the type locality is urban sprawl and is now part of the city of Brasília.

System

1887 described the Danish zoologist Herluf Winge Pleistocene form Oxymycterus talpinus based on fossil remains from Minas Gerais. In 1965, João Moojen this taxon in the genus Juscelinomys. 2005 were synonymized with each other in the standard work Mammal Species of the World Juscelinomys Candango and Juscelinomys talpinus by Guy Musser and Michael Carleton.