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Eastern Amazon climbing mouse

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Eastern Amazon climbing mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Rhipidomys
Species:
R. emiliae
Binomial name
Rhipidomys emiliae
(J.A. Allen, 1916)

The eastern Amazon climbing mouse (Rhipidomys emiliae) is a rodent species from South America.[2] It is endemic to central Brazil, where it is found in the eastern fringe of the Amazon rainforest, as well as in gallery forest and tropical dry forest within the cerrado ecoregion.[1] It is often found in areas under cultivation.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Catzeflis, F. (2016). "Rhipidomys emiliae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136195A22374589. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136195A22374589.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ 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. p. 1168. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.