Rhipidomys is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae,[1][2] The following 25 species of climbing mouse species are currently recognised:[2]
- Rhipidomys albujai
- Southern climbing mouse (Rhipidomys austrinus)
- Cariri climbing mouse (Rhipidomys cariri)
- Cauca climbing mouse (Rhipidomys caucensis)
- Coues's climbing mouse (Rhipidomys couesi)
- Eastern Amazon climbing mouse (Rhipidomys emiliae)
- Buff-bellied climbing mouse (Rhipidomys fulviventer)
- Gardner's climbing mouse (Rhipidomys gardneri)
- Rhipidomys ipukensis
- Rhipidomys itoan
- Broad-footed climbing mouse (Rhipidomys latimanus)
- White-footed climbing mouse (Rhipidomys leucodactylus)
- MacConnell's climbing mouse (Rhipidomys macconnelli)
- Cerrado climbing mouse (Rhipidomys macrurus)
- Atlantic Forest climbing mouse (Rhipidomys mastacalis)
- Peruvian climbing mouse (Rhipidomys modicus)
- Splendid climbing mouse (Rhipidomys nitela)
- Yellow-bellied climbing mouse (Rhipidomys ochrogaster)
- Rhipidomys similis
- Rhipidomys tenuicauda
- Rhipidomys tribei
- Venezuelan climbing mouse (Rhipidomys venezuelae)
- Charming climbing mouse (Rhipidomys venustus)
- Wetzel's climbing mouse (Rhipidomys wetzeli)
- Ybyra climbing rat (Rhipidomys ybyrae)[3]
| Rhipidomys Temporal range: Pleistocene to Recent
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| White-footed climbing mouse (Rhipidomys leucodactylus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe: | Thomasomyini |
| Genus: | Rhipidomys Tschudi, 1845 |
| Type species | |
| Hesperomys leucodactylus | |
| Species | |
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Rhipidomys albujai | |
References
edit- ^ 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b "Rhipidomys". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ Lanes, R. D. O.; Bonvicino, C. R. (2023). "Reevaluation of Rhipidomys emiliae (JA Allen 1916) and description of a new Rhipidomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae) species from Amazonia and Cerrado". Zootaxa. 5346 (5): 591. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5346.5.5.
- Costa, B.M.A.; Geise, L.; Pereira, L.G.; Costa, L.P. (2011). "Phylogeography of Rhipidomys (Rodentia: Cricetidae: Sigmodontinae) and description of two new species from southeastern Brazil". Journal of Mammalogy. 92 (5): 945–962. doi:10.1644/10-MAMM-A-249.1.
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