Rhipidomys venustus
O. Thomas, 1900
Charming 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
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1900-01-01. New South-American mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)5(25):148-153.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16333569Original name as described
Rhipidomys venustus
Other common names
Charming Climbing Mouse · Merida Rhipidomys · Mérida Highland Rhipidomys
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1899.12.1.1
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/f06857ab-6a5c-4bd8-852e-0e05b4ffb7dbType locality
"Merida [Mérida]. ‘Las Vegas del Chama,' alt. 1400 m," Venezuela.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Venezuela
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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