Rhipidomys albujai

Rhipidomys albujai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Supramyomorpha Infraordo: Myomorphi Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Thomasomyini
Genus: Rhipidomys
Species: Rhipidomys albujai

Name

• Rhipidomys albujai Brito, Tinoco, Chávez, Moreno-Cárdenas, Batallas & Ojala-Barbour, 2017: 67

Holotype: DMMECN 3719 (field number JBM 598), adult ♀, skin, skull, and complete skeleton, collected by Jorge Brito, Hernán Orellana and Germán Tenecota on 16 June 2014.

Type locality: “Sardinayacu, Sangay National Park (02°4′20.43″S, 78°13′1.16″W 1800 m), Sinaí, Morona, Morona Santiago, Ecuador”.

References

Primary references

• Brito, J., Tinoco, N., Chávez, D., Moreno-Cárdenas, P., Batallas, D. & Ojala-Barbour, R. 2017. New species of arboreal rat of the genus Rhipidomys (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) from Sangay National Park, Ecuador. Neotropical Biodiversity 3(1): 65–79. DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2017.1292755 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Albuja’s Climbing Rat
• español: Rata trepadora de Albuja