Rio Guaporé Mouse
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The Rio Guaporé mouse or Guaporé akodont (''Juscelinomys guaporensis'') was formerly considered a
rodent Rodents (from Latin , 'to gnaw') are mammals of the order Rodentia (), which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws. About 40% of all mammal species are rodents. They are na ...
species in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from a small
savanna A savanna or savannah is a mixed woodland-grassland (i.e. grassy woodland) ecosystem characterised by the trees being sufficiently widely spaced so that the canopy does not close. The open canopy allows sufficient light to reach the ground to ...
in eastern
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near the Rio Guaporé. However, in 2012 it was described as being conspecific with '' J. huanchacae''.


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Mammals of Bolivia Juscelinomys Mammals described in 1999 Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Cricetidae-stub