Fecund vesper mouse

{{Short description|Species of rodent}} {{speciesbox | name = Fecund vesper mouse | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Bernal, N. |author2=Vivar, E. |date=2017 |title=''Calomys fecundus'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T136737A22335065 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T136737A22335065.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Calomys | species = fecundus | authority = (Thomas, 1926) | synonyms = }} The '''fecund vesper mouse''' ('''''Calomys fecundus''''') is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from Bolivia, where it is found in the yungas and Tucumano boliviano forest ecoregions at elevations from 600 to 2700 m.<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /> It is regarded by some authorities as conspecific with ''C. boliviae'',<ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021" /><ref name = MSW3a>{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13000614 | page = 1106 | heading = ''Calomys boliviae''}}</ref> and by some as conspecific with ''C. venustus'',<ref name = MSW3b>{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13000625 | page = 1109 | heading = ''Calomys venustus''}}</ref> despite having a karyotype with 2n = 54 while ''C. venustus'' generally has a karyotype with 2n = 56.<ref name = MSW3a/>

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Category:Mammals of Bolivia Category:Calomys Category:Mammals described in 1926 Category:Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas