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White-footed climbing mouse
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Rodents

White-footed climbing mouse

Rhipidomys leucodactylus (Tschudi, 1845)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishWhite-footed climbing mouse
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese白爪攀鼠
Scientific nameRhipidomys leucodactylus (Tschudi, 1845)

About this species

The white-footed climbing mouse (Rhipidomys leucodactylus) is a species of South American rodent found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. It is the type species of the genus and the type location was the lower eastern slopes of the Andes in central Peru.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilyCricetidae
GenusRhipidomys

In Suriname

9Records in Suriname
2008First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini9

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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