Juscelinomys

Taxobox
name = Burrowing Mice
fossil_range = Pleistocene - Recent
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
superfamilia = Muroidea
familia = Cricetidae
subfamilia = Sigmodontinae
tribus = Akodontini
genus = "Juscelinomys"
genus_authority = Moojen, 1965
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Juscelinomys candango"
"Juscelinomys guaporensis"
"Juscelinomys huanchacae"

"Juscelinomys" are a genus of burrowing mice. The name is derived from brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira who created the city of Brasilia where the Brasilia Burrowing Mouse was discovered.There are three living species:

*"J. candango" Brasilia Burrowing Mouse
*"J. guaporensis" Rio Guapore Burrowing Mouse
*"J. huanchacae" (Huanchaca akodont)

A fourth species, "J. talpinus", is known only from subfossil remains. Some authorities treat it as a distinct species or a senior synonym for one or all species in "Juscelinomys" (Musser and Carleton, 2005).

References

*BookReferenceDuffLawsonMammals
*Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 "in" Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.