Yellow-bellied climbing mouse

Yellow-bellied Climbing Mouse
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Rhipidomys
Species: R. ochrogaster
Binomial name
Rhipidomys ochrogaster
J.A. Allen, 1901

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]

References

  1. 1 2 Zeballos, H., Vivar, E., Weksler, M. & Patterson, B. (2008). "Rhipidomys ochrogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 14 June 2009.
  2. Rediscovery of Rhipidomys ochrogaster J.A. Allen, 1901 (Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) with a redescription of the species Zootaxa 3106: 42–59 (2011)


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