Rhipidomys tribei, B. M. A. Costa et al, 2011

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Cricetidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 204-535 : 490

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6707142

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6727531

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F06D13-FF7D-20B4-0D41-1F1F0F68FC9D

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scientific name

Rhipidomys tribei
status

 

619. View Plate 27: Cricetidae

Tribe’s Climbing Rat

Rhipidomys tribei

French: Rhipidomys de Tribe / German: Tribe-Neuweltklettermaus / Spanish: Rata trepadora de Tribe

Other common names: Tribe's Climbing Mouse, Tribe's Rhipidomys

Taxonomy. Rhipidomys tribei B. M. A. Costa et al, 2011 View in CoL , Reserva Particular do Patrimonio Natural Santuario do Caraca, 1300 m, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

This species is monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from three localities in E Brazil (Minas Gerais and Espiritu Santo states). View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 96-130 mm, tail 131-150 mm, ear 16-21 mm, hindfoot 25-29 mm; weight 36-68 g (mean 50-7 g). Small rat with long tail (115-137% of head-body length). Dorsum is yellowish brown to reddish brown; venter is white, sometimes with small areas of light gray hair at sides of abdomen; dorsal fur extends onto base of tail for up to 8 mm; and tail is unicolored, with short terminal tuft up to 7 mm long. Ears are small to medium, sparsely covered with short brown hair on both surfaces. Hindfeet are covered dorso-laterally with white hair that extends onto toes; mid-dorsal surfaces have patch of light brown or gray hair.

Habitat. Riparian semideciduous submontane forest patches surrounded by grasslands at mid-elevations up to 1300 m

Food and Feeding. No information.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. No information.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Not assessed on The IUCN Red List.

Bibliography. Costa et al. (2011), Tribe (2015).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

SubOrder

Myomorpha

SuperFamily

Muroidea

Family

Cricetidae

Genus

Rhipidomys

Loc

Rhipidomys tribei

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017
2017
Loc

Rhipidomys tribei

B. M. A. Costa et al 2011
2011
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