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Calomys Waterhouse, 1837
Taxonomic Serial No.: 632633

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Hesperomys Waterhouse, 1839
	Common Name(s):	Vesper Mice [English]

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2014

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Tetrapoda
	Class	Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals
	Subclass	Theria Parker and Haswell, 1897
	Infraclass	Eutheria Gill, 1872
	Order	Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 – esquilo, preá, rato, roedor, rongeurs, rodents
	Suborder	Myomorpha Brandt, 1855 – Rats, souris, Mice, Rats, Voles, Gerbils, Hamsters, Lemmings
	Superfamily	Muroidea Illiger, 1811
	Family	Cricetidae Fischer, 1817
	Subfamily	Sigmodontinae Wagner, 1843 – New World rats, New World mice
	Genus	Calomys Waterhouse, 1837 – Vesper Mice
		Direct Children:
	Species	Calomys boliviae (Thomas, 1901) – Bolivian Vesper Mouse, Bolivian Laucha
	Species	Calomys callidus (Thomas, 1916) – Crafty Vesper Mouse, Reclusive Laucha
	Species	Calomys callosus (Rengger, 1830) – Large Vesper Mouse, Big Laucha
	Species	Calomys cerqueirai Bonvicino, Oliveira and Gentile, 2010
	Species	Calomys expulsus (Lund, 1841) – Caatinga Laucha
	Species	Calomys hummelincki (Husson, 1960) – Hummelinck's Vesper Mouse, Hummelinck's Laucha
	Species	Calomys laucha (Fischer, 1814) – Small Vesper Mouse, Little Laucha
	Species	Calomys lepidus (Thomas, 1884) – Andean Vesper Mouse, Graceful Laucha
	Species	Calomys musculinus (Thomas, 1913) – Drylands Vesper Mouse, Drylands Laucha
	Species	Calomys sorellus (Thomas, 1900) – Peruvian Vesper Mouse, Peruvian Laucha
	Species	Calomys tener (Winge, 1888) – Delicate Vesper Mouse, Delicate Laucha
	Species	Calomys tocantinsi Bonvicino, Lima and Almeida, 2003 – Tocantins Laucha
	Species	Calomys venustus (Thomas, 1894) – Córdoba Laucha

References


	Expert(s):
	Expert:	Guy G. Musser
	Notes:	Department of Mammology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY 10024
	Reference for:	Calomys

	Expert:	Michael D. Carleton
	Notes:	Department of Mammals, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20560
	Reference for:	Calomys

	Other Source(s):
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	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Hershkovitz, Philip
	Publication Date:	1962
	Article/Chapter Title:	Evolution of Neotropical Cricetine Rodents (Muridae), with Special Reference to the Phyllotine Group
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Fieldiana Zoology, vol. 46
	Page(s):	1-524
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	0015-0754
	Notes:	Available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2744866
	Reference for:	Calomys

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	2005
	Article/Chapter Title:	Superfamily Muroidea
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
	Page(s):	894-1531
	Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
	Publication Place:	Baltimore, Maryland, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	0-8018-8221-4
	Notes:
	Reference for:	Calomys

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
	Publication Date:	1993
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
	Page(s):	xviii + 1207
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-56098-217-9
	Notes:	Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
	Reference for:	Calomys

	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole
	Publication Date:	2000
	Article/Chapter Title:
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	Common Names of Mammals of the World
	Page(s):	xiv + 204
	Publisher:	Smithsonian Institution Press
	Publication Place:	Washington, DC, USA
	ISBN/ISSN:	1-56098-383-3
	Notes:	With contributions by Bernadette N. Graham, Adam P. Potter, and Mariana M. Upmeyer
	Reference for:	Vesper Mice[English]

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	Comments: Phyllotini. Generally viewed as a primitive clade relative to other phyllotine genera (Hershkovitz, 1962; Pearson and Patton, 1976; Reig, 1986), a viewpoint corroborated by phylogenetic analyses of trait data, both morphological (Braun, 1993; Steppan, 1993; 1995) and molecular (Smith and Patton, 1999). Those morphological studies differ in disclosing the basal position of Calomys spp. as monophyletic (Braun, 1993) or paraphyletic (Steppan, 1993); gene-sequence data convincingly ratify the t...

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