Cauca climbing mouse

The Cauca climbing mouse (Rhipidomys caucensis) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Colombia, where it is found in montane forest at elevations from 2200 to 3500 m.[1]

Cauca climbing mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Rhipidomys
Species:
R. caucensis
Binomial name
Rhipidomys caucensis

References

  1. Gómez-Laverde, M.; Rivas, B.A. (2019). "Rhipidomys caucensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T19606A22374235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T19606A22374235.en.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


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