Venezuelan climbing mouse

The Venezuelan climbing mouse[2] (Rhipidomys venezuelae) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.

Venezuelan climbing mouse

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Rhipidomys
Species:
R. venezuelae
Binomial name
Rhipidomys venezuelae
Thomas, 1896

References

  1. Gómez-Laverde, M.; Ochoa, J. & Aguillera, M. (2008). "Rhipidomys venezuelae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2009.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link) Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
  2. 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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