The Atlantic Forest climbing mouse (Rhipidomys mastacalis) is an arboreal rodent species in the family Cricetidae from South America. It is found in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil at elevations from sea level to 1500 m.[1] It utilizes the ground more than the understory in isolated forests (highland marshes) however this utilization changes in certain areas of the Atlantic Forest where it prefers to use the vegetation canopy.[2] Its karyotype is 2n = 44, FN = 74–80.[3]
| Atlantic Forest climbing mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Rhipidomys |
| Species: | R. mastacalis
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| Rhipidomys mastacalis (Lund, 1841)
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It is sometimes also referred to as the long-tailed climbing mouse. Rhipidomys macrurus is similarly sometimes commonly known as the "long-tailed rhipidomys", while rodents of genus Vandeleuria are also commonly known as long-tailed climbing mice.
References
edit- ^ a b Patton, J.; Catzeflis, F.; Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Rhipidomys mastacalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19612A115152171. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19612A22374734.en.
- ^ Calazans, Joseane de Faria; Bocchiglieri, Adriana (December 2019). "Microhabitat use by Rhipidomys mastacalis and Marmosops incanus (Mammalia) in a restinga areas in north-eastern Brazil: Microhabitat use by small mammals in restinga". Austral Ecology. 44 (8): 1471–1477. doi:10.1111/aec.12821.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1170. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Further reading
edit- Druelle, F.; Berillon, G.; Aerts, P. (March 2017). "Intrinsic limb morpho‐dynamics and the early development of interlimb coordination of walking in a quadrupedal primate". Journal of Zoology. 301 (3): 235–247. doi:10.1111/jzo.12423. ISSN 0952-8369.
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