Eastern Amazon climbing mouse
The eastern Amazon climbing mouse (Rhipidomys emiliae) is a rodent species from South America.[2] It is endemic to central Brazil, where it is found in the eastern fringe of the Amazon rainforest, as well as in gallery forest and tropical dry forest within the cerrado ecoregion.[1] It is often found in areas under cultivation.[1]
| Eastern Amazon climbing mouse | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Rhipidomys |
| Species: | R. emiliae |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhipidomys emiliae (J.A. Allen, 1916) | |
References
- Catzeflis, F. (2016). "Rhipidomys emiliae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136195A22374589. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1168. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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