Brazilian arboreal mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Brazilian arboreal mouse lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Rhagomys rufescens
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the Brazilian arboreal mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Brazilian arboreal mouse in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Brazil

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Brazilian arboreal mouse endangered?

The Brazilian arboreal mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Brazilian arboreal mouse?

The Brazilian arboreal mouse (Rhagomys rufescens) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Rhagomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Brazilian arboreal mouse

The Brazilian arboreal mouse (Rhagomys rufescens) is a South American rodent species of the family Cricetidae. It is found in the Atlantic Forest of southeast Brazil, often close to bamboo thickets. It can be distinguished from Rhagomys longilingua, the only other species in its genus, by the absence of spines among the hair. Formerly believed to be extinct after no sightings were recorded for over 100 years, the species has since been found in four localities. However, it is nowhere common, and all of these are forest fragments, and ongoing deforestation threatens the species' survival. For these reasons, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being "vulnerable".

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brazilian arboreal mouse (revision 1360337479), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1765813 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).