Rhipidomys albujai
J. Brito, Tinoco, Chávez, Moreno Cárdenas, Batallas, & Ojala-Barbour, 2017
Albuja's Climbing Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe | : Thomasomyini |
| Genus | : Rhipidomys |
Species status
Authority citation
Brito, J., Tinoco, N., Chávez, D., Moreno Cárdenas, P.A., Batallas, D. and Ojala-Barbour, R. 2017-01-01. New species of arboreal rat of the genus Rhipidomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from Sangay National Park, Ecuador. Neotropical Biodiversity 3(1):65-79.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1080/23766808.2017.1292755Original name as described
Rhipidomys albujai
Other common names
Albuja's Rhipidomys
Type material
DMMECN 3719
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Sardinayacu, Sangay National Park, Morona Santiago, Ecuador.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Ecuador
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Brito, J. M., Tinoco, N., Chávez, D., Moreno-Cárdenas, P., Batallas, D., & Ojala-Barbour, R. (2017). New species of arboreal rat of the genus Rhipidomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from Sangay National Park, Ecuador. Neotropical Biodiversity, 3(1), 65-79.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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