Cauca climbing mouse

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

The Cauca climbing mouse (Rhipidomys caucensis) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Colombia, where it is found in montane forest at elevations from 2200 to 3500 m.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Gómez-Laverde, M. & Rivas, B. (2008). "Rhipidomys caucensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T19606A8989594. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T19606A8989594.en. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  • 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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