The Cauca climbing mouse (Rhipidomys caucensis) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Colombia, where it is found in montane forest at elevations from 2200 to 3500 m.[1]
Cauca climbing mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Rhipidomys |
Species: | R. caucensis
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Binomial name | |
Rhipidomys caucensis J. A. Allen, 1913
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References
edit- ^ a b Gómez-Laverde, M.; Rivas, B.A. (2019). "Rhipidomys caucensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T19606A22374235. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T19606A22374235.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.