Rhipidomys wetzeli

A. L. Gardner, 1990

Wetzel'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

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Gardner, A.L. 1990-02-06. Two new mammals from southern Venezuela and comments on the affinities of the highland fauna of Cerro de la Neblina. Pp. 411–424 in Redford, K.H. and Eisenberg, J.F. (eds.). Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy. Sandhill Crane Press, Gainesville, 614 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/271384672_Two_new_mammals_from_southern_Venezuela_and_comments_on_the_affinities_of_the_highland_fauna_of_Cerro_de_la_Neblina

Original name as described

Rhipidomys wetzeli

Other common names

Wetzel's Climbing Mouse · Wetzel's Rhipidomys

Type material

USNM:MAMM:560697

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e26c6647-01f7-4b91-9ba0-ed16be27b41b

Type locality

Cerro de la Neblina, 1800 m, Amazonas, Venezuela.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Guyana · Brazil?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002784

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Rhipidomys wetzeli

A. L. Gardner, 1988

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

wetzeli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

744

Authority publication

Caracas

Rhipidomys wetzeli

A. L. Gardner, 1990

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

wetzeli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:560697

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e26c6647-01f7-4b91-9ba0-ed16be27b41b

Authority page

417

Authority publication

Gainesville

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (1993:745) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63347)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:487) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #19618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #19618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002784) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19618/115152271) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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