| Cerrado 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. macrurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rhipidomys macrurus (Gervais, 1855)
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The cerrado climbing mouse or long-tailed rhipidomys[2] (Rhipidomys macrurus) is an arboreal rodent species in the family Cricetidae from South America. It is found in primary or secondary forests of the cerrado and caatinga in central and eastern Brazil, and has also been seen in the Atlantic Forest.[1] Its karyotype is 2n = 44, FN = 48-52.[2] They are nocturnal animals and can be found in both tree canopies and on the ground.
This species should also not be confused with the cerrado mouse, Thalpomys cerradensis, the cerrado red-nosed mouse, Wiedomys cerradensis, or the cerrado grass mouse, Akodon serrensis. The Atlantic Forest climbing mouse (Rhipidomys mastacalis) has sometimes been similarly referred to as the "long-tailed climbing mouse". Rodents of genus Vandeleuria are also commonly known as long-tailed climbing mice.[3]
- ^ a b Patton, J.; Catzeflis, F.; Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Rhipidomys macrurus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136422A115207482. Retrieved 24 December 2019.
- ^ a b 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. 1170. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ 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.