Rhipidomys albujai

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Template:Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha 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