Candango mouse
Extinct circa 1960 CE • Brazil
"The candango mouse or candango akodont (Juscelinomys candango) is an extinct rodent species from South America. It was found around Brasilia in 1960, but its habitat has been overtaken by urban sprawl, and is now presumed extinct."
"Candango mouse," Animalia.
Image: Felipe1455, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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