Rhipidomys
| Rhipidomys Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent | |
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| Rhipidomys leucodactylus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Thomasomyini |
| Genus: | Rhipidomys Tschudi, 1845 |
| Species | |
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Rhipidomys austrinus | |
Rhipidomys is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae,[1] comprising at least 18 species of climbing mouse:
- Southern Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys austrinus)
- Cariri Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys cariri)
- Cauca Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys caucensis)
- Coues's Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys couesi)
- Eastern Amazon Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys emiliae)
- Buff-bellied Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys fulviventer)
- Gardner's Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys gardneri)
- (Rhipidomys ipukensis)
- (Rhipidomys itoan)
- Broad-footed Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys latimanus)
- White-footed Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys leucodactylus)
- MacConnell's Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys macconnelli)
- Cerrado Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys macrurus)
- Atlantic Forest Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys mastacalis)
- Peruvian Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys modicus)
- Splendid Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys nitela)
- Yellow-bellied Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys ochrogaster)
- (Rhipidomys tribei)
- Venezuelan Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys venezuelae)
- Charming Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys venustus)
- Wetzel's Climbing Mouse (Rhipidomys wetzeli)
References
- ↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Costa, B.M.A.; Geise, L.; Pereira, L.G.; Costa, L.P. (2011). "Phylogeography of Rhipidomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) and description of two new species from southeastern Brazil". Journal of Mammalogy 92 (5): 945–962. doi:10.1644/10-MAMM-A-249.1.
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