The Tumbala climbing rat (Tylomys tumbalensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico, where it is known only from one locality in Tumbalá, Chiapas. The species is threatened by deforestation.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Tylomys |
| Species: | T. tumbalensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Tylomys tumbalensis Merriam, 1901
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References
edit- ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I. (2019). "Tylomys tumbalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22575A22340781. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T22575A22340781.en. Retrieved 16 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.
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