Yellow-bellied climbing mouse

The yellow-bellied climbing mouse (Rhipidomys ochrogaster) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from southeastern Peru, where it has been found in cloud forest at an elevation of 1830 m.[1] This species was long known only by the type collection until it was rediscovered in May 2010.[2]

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

References

  1. Zeballos, H.; Vivar, E.; Weksler, M. & Patterson, B. (2008). "Rhipidomys ochrogaster". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T19614A9000520. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T19614A9000520.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  2. Rediscovery of Rhipidomys ochrogaster J.A. Allen, 1901 (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) with a redescription of the species Zootaxa 3106: 42–59 (2011)
  • 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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