Yellow-bellied climbing mouse
Species of rodent
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The yellow-bellied climbing mouse (Rhipidomys ochrogaster) is a species of arboreal rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from southeastern Peru, where it has been found in cloud forest at an elevation of 1830 m.[1] This species was long known only by the type collection until it was rediscovered in May 2010.[2]
| Yellow-bellied climbing mouse | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Rhipidomys |
| Species: | R. ochrogaster |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhipidomys ochrogaster J.A. Allen, 1901 | |
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