Cariri climbing mouse
Species of rodent
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The Cariri climbing mouse (Rhipidomys cariri) is a partly arboreal rodent species from South America. It is known from two mesic localities in Ceará, northeastern Brazil, within the semiarid caatinga ecoregion.[2] It has been found in areas under cultivation.[1] Cariri is the name of an administrative microregion within the state of Ceará.
| Cariri climbing mouse | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Rhipidomys |
| Species: | R. cariri |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhipidomys cariri Tribe, 2005 | |
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