Authority citation: Moojen, J. 1965-10. Novo gênero de Cricetidae do Brasil central (Glires, Mammalia). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 25(3):281-285.
Original name as described: Juscelinomys candango
Nominal names: candango Moojen, 1965
Other common names: Candango Akodont
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Placentalia -- Order: Rodentia -- Family: Cricetidae -- Subfamily: Sigmodontinae -- Tribe: Akodontini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: MN 23870
Type locality: "terrenos da Fundação Zoológico Zoobotánica de Brasília (alt. 1030 m), Distrito Federal," Brazil. Clarified by U. F. J. Pardiñas and colleagues in 2009 to "Jardim Zoológico de Brasilia Sgt. Sílvio Delmar Hollembach (15°51'S, 47°56'O), Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brasil."
Past geographic Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Brazil (BRA)
Species Status: This species went extinct in the last 500 years, it lived in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Extinct
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