Mt. Pirri Isthmus Rat

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Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Isthmomys
Species:	I. pirrensis

Binomial name

Isthmomys pirrensis
(Goldman, 1912)

The Mt. Pirri Isthmus Rat (Isthmomys pirrensis) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found only in Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

[edit] References

Baillie, J. 1996. Isthmomys pirrensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 19 July 2007.
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.