Atlantic Forest climbing mouse
| Atlantic Forest climbing mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Rhipidomys |
| Species: | R. mastacalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhipidomys mastacalis (Lund, 1841)
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The Atlantic Forest climbing mouse (Rhipidomys mastacalis) is an arboreal rodent species in the family Cricetidae from South America. It is found in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil at elevations from sea level to 1500 m.[1] Its karyotype is 2n = 44, FN = 74–80.[2]
It is sometimes also referred to as the long-tailed climbing mouse. Rhipidomys macrurus is similarly sometimes commonly known as the "long-tailed rhipidomys", while rodents of genus Vandeleuria are also commonly known as long-tailed climbing mice.
References[]
- ^ a b Patton, J.; Catzeflis, F.; Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Rhipidomys mastacalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19612A115152171. 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. 1170. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Rhipidomys
- Endemic fauna of Brazil
- Mammals of Brazil
- Fauna of the Atlantic Forest (biome)
- Southeastern South American coastal fauna
- Rodents of South America
- Mammals described in 1841
- Sigmodontinae stubs