Rhipidomys cariri

Tribe, 2005

Cariri 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

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Tribe, C.J. 2005. A new species of Rhipidomys (Rodentia, Muroidea) from north-eastern Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional 63(1):131-146.

Original name as described

Rhipidomys cariri

Other common names

Cariri Climbing Mouse · Cariri Rhipidomys

Type material

MN 10170

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

Crato, Ceará, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Tribe, C. J. (2005). A new species of Rhipidomys (Rodentia, Muroidea) from north-eastern Brazil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 63(1), 131-146.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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