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South American Climbing Mice
Rhipidomys
Rhipidomys is a genus of rodents in the family Cricetidae, comprising at least 18 species of climbing mouse:
26 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 26 known species

long-tailed climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys mastacalis

white-footed climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys leucodactylus

Cariri Climbing Mouse
speciesRhipidomys cariri

cerrado climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys macrurus

Mount Pirri climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys latimanus

splendid climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys nitela

Coues's climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys couesi

Itohã Climbing Mouse
speciesRhipidomys itoan

buff-bellied climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys fulviventer

Bezerros Climbing Rat
speciesRhipidomys bezerrensis

Tribe's Climbing Mouse
speciesRhipidomys tribei

Albuja's Climbing Rat
speciesRhipidomys albujai

eastern Amazon climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys emiliae
cauca climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys caucensis
southern climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys austrinus
MacConnell's climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys macconnelli
Charming Climbing Mouse
speciesRhipidomys venustus
Wetzel's climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys wetzeli

Venezuelan climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys venezuelae
Gardner's climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys gardneri
Peruvian climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys modicus
Ipuka Climbing Mouse
speciesRhipidomys ipukensis
Ochoa-Graterol's Climbing Rat
speciesRhipidomys ochoagrateroli
Caracol Climbing Rat
speciesRhipidomys caracolensis
Rhipidomys ybyrae
speciesRhipidomys ybyrae
yellow-bellied climbing mouse
speciesRhipidomys ochrogaster
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 44334.