Rhipidomys bezerrensis

Campos, Percequillo, & Langguth in Campos, Percequillo, G. B. de Miranda, & Langguth, 2022

Bezerros 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

Campos, B.A.T.P., Percequillo, A.R., Miranda, G.B. de and Langguth, A.R. 2022-12-02. Two new species of Rhipidomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from Eastern Brazil, with comments on the taxonomy of the genus. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy 33(1):138-156.

Original name as described

Rhipidomys bezerrensis

Type material

UFPB 4058

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Vertentes, Municipality of Bezerros, Pernambuco state, Brazil (08°11’35”S, 35°47’31”W; altitude 770m)"

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Campos, B. A. P., Percequillo, A. R., Miranda, G. B., & Langguth, A. (2022). Two new species of Rhipidomys (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae) from Eastern Brazil, with comments on the taxonomy of the genus. Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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