| Cariri climbing mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Rhipidomys |
| Species: | R. cariri
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhipidomys cariri Tribe, 2005
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The Cariri climbing mouse (Rhipidomys cariri) is a partly arboreal rodent species from South America. It is known from two mesic localities in Ceara, northeastern Brazil, within the semiarid caatinga ecoregion.[2] It has been found in areas under cultivation.[1] Cariri is the name of an administrative microregion within the state of Ceará.
- ^ a b Catzeflis, F.; Patton, J.; Percequillo, A.; Weksler, M. (2019). "Rhipidomys cariri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136357A22374057. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136357A22374057.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Tribe, C. J. (Jan–Mar 2005). "A New Species of Rhipidomys (Rodentia, Muroidea) From North-Eastern Brazil" (PDF). Arquivos do Museu Nacional. 63 (1). Rio de Janeiro: National Museum of Brazil: 131–146. ISSN 0365-4508. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-02-05. Retrieved 2009-07-16.