Brown Cane Mouse

Brown Cane MouseThis small rodent is known from inter-Andean valleys in Colombia. A regional guide describes a grizzled brown to reddish back and pale underside; one museum specimen was collected beside a grassy riverbank.What does it look like?The regional guide describes short, coarse fur, grizzled brown to reddish upperparts, and a pale underside. The tail is about three-quarters of head-and-body length.How does it live?This small rodent is known from inter-Andean valleys in Colombia. A regional guide describes a grizzled brown to reddish back and pale underside; one museum specimen was collected beside a grassy riverbank.A Smithsonian specimen collected in 1971 at San Isidro, Huila, Colombia, has a record from a grassy riverbank.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.