Rio de Janeiro arboreal rat

Rio de Janeiro arboreal rat
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Tribe:	Thomasomyini
Genus:	Phaenomys Thomas, 1917
Species:	P. ferrugineus
Binomial name
Phaenomys ferrugineus (Thomas, 1894)

The Rio de Janeiro arboreal rat (Phaenomys ferrugineus) is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil. It is the only species in the genus Phaenomys.

References

1. Bonvicino, C. & Percequillo, A. (2008). "Phaenomys ferrugineus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2008. IUCN: e.T16799A6430920. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T16799A6430920.en . Retrieved 12 January 2018.

• 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. pp. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.