Venezuelan climbing mouse

Venezuelan Climbing Mouse
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Rhipidomys
Species: R. venezuelae
Binomial name
Rhipidomys venezuelae
Thomas, 1896

The Venezuelan Climbing Mouse[2] (Rhipidomys venezuelae) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.

References

  1. Gómez-Laverde, M., Ochoa, J. & Aguillera, M. (2008). "Rhipidomys venezuelae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 15 November 2009. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is of least concern.
  2. 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.