Cariri climbing mouse

The Cariri climbing mouse (Rhipidomys cariri) is a partly arboreal rodent species from South America. It is known from two mesic localities in Ceara, northeastern Brazil, within the semiarid caatinga ecoregion.[2] It has been found in areas under cultivation.[1] Cariri is the name of an administrative microregion within the state of Ceará.

Cariri climbing mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Rhipidomys
Species:
R. cariri
Binomial name
Rhipidomys cariri
Tribe, 2005

References

  1. Catzeflis, F.; Patton, J.; Percequillo, M.; Weksler, M. (2019). "Rhipidomys cariri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136357A22374057. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
  2. Tribe, C. J. (Jan–Mar 2005). "A New Species of Rhipidomys (Rodentia, Muroidea) From North-Eastern Brazil" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Nacional. Rio de Janeiro: National Museum of Brazil. 63 (1): 131–146. ISSN 0365-4508. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2009-07-16.


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