| Charming climbing mouse | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Rhipidomys |
| Species: | R. venustus |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhipidomys venustus Thomas, 1900 | |
The charming climbing mouse (Rhipidomys venustus) is a species of nocturnal rodent in the family Cricetidae. It endemic to Venezuela. [2]
Gardner's climbing mouse is a rodent species from South America. It is found in western Brazil, southeastern Peru and northeastern Bolivia. It is an uncommon, arboreal species, but faces no particular threats so the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as being a "least-concern species".
MacConnell's climbing mouse is a nocturnal and arboreal rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela, where it inhabits rainforest at elevations from 300 to 2800 m.
Rhipidomys is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae, The following 24 species of climbing mouse species are currently recognised:
The southern climbing mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia in forested valleys and on slopes on the eastern side of the Andes Mountains.
The Cauca climbing mouse is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Colombia, where it is found in montane forest at elevations from 2200 to 3500 m.
Coues's climbing mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. It is named in honour of the American zoologist Elliott Coues who studied birds and small mammals.
The buff-bellied climbing mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.
The broad-footed climbing mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Peru.
The yellow-bellied climbing mouse is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from southeastern Peru, where it has been found in cloud forest at an elevation of 1830 m. This species was long known only by the type collection until it was rediscovered in May 2010.
The Venezuelan climbing mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia, Tobago, and Venezuela.
Wetzel's climbing mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Venezuela.
The charming thicket rat is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is described as data deficient as Thamnomys schoutedeni. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
The narrow-faced kangaroo rat is a species of rodent in the family Heteromyidae. It is endemic to California in the United States.
The buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in the transitional and humid forests of northern Argentina and southern Bolivia. Its dorsal fur is cinnamon brown. Most of its ventral fur is gray-based, but its chest, throat, and the thoracic midline are not gray-based. The postorbital ridges are absent in the young and weakly developed in adults. There are four synonyms: Marmosa elegans venusta, Marmosa elegans cinderella, Marmosa elegans sponsoria and Marmosa janetta with cinderella and sponsoria actually being one taxon and a subspecies of venustus; janetta is the largest of all and has cream-white ventral pelage with plumbeous bases.
The Atlantic Forest climbing mouse is an arboreal rodent species in the family Cricetidae from South America. It is found in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil at elevations from sea level to 1500 m. Its karyotype is 2n = 44, FN = 74–80.
The cerrado climbing mouse or long-tailed rhipidomys 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. Its karyotype is 2n = 44, FN = 48-52. They are nocturnal animals and can be found in both tree canopies and on the ground.
The Córdoba vesper mouse or Córdoba laucha is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the area of Córdoba Province, central Argentina, where it is found in the espinal.
The eastern Amazon climbing mouse is a rodent species from South America. 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. It is often found in areas under cultivation.
The Peruvian climbing mouse or lesser Peruvian rhipidomys, is a South American species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the eastern slopes of the Andes in central Peru, where it is found at altitudes from 700 to 1,800 metres. The species is nocturnal and arboreal, and lives in lower montane forest and cloud forest. It is threatened by forest clearance for agriculture and coca cultivation but is listed as a "least-concern species" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The fecund vesper mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from Bolivia, where it is found in the yungas and Tucumano boliviano forest ecoregions at elevations from 600 to 2700 m. It is regarded by some authorities as conspecific with C. boliviae, and by some as conspecific with C. venustus, despite having a karyotype with 2n = 54 while C. venustus generally has a karyotype with 2n = 56.
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