Huanchaca mouse
The Huanchaca mouse or Huanchaca akodont (Juscelinomys huanchacae) is a rodent species in the family Cricetidae. It is known from savannas in an area at an elevation of in Serrania Huanchaca, Noel Kempff Mercado National Park in eastern Bolivia. Description The Huanchaca mouse is a fairly uniform olive-brown colour, the pelage being about in length along the spine. The individual hairs on the back and flanks have grey bases, dark shafts and either black or yellowish tips. The ventral pelage is grey or yellowish buff. The sides of the muzzle and the chin are pale and the ears are well clad with short, pale-tipped hairs and fringed with pale-coloured hairs. The feet are clad with dark hairs with whitish tips. The tail is well-covered with stiff, dark-coloured hairs on the upper surface and paler hairs underneath. Distribution and habitat This mouse is endemic to eastern Bolivia. It has a rather small range, with between the most widely separated of the four localities from which it is known, all of which are in Noel Kempff Mercado National Park. The type locality is in wet, tussocky savanna with scattered dwarf trees on the Huanchaca Plateau at . Other localities include better-drained grassland