Cerrado climbing mouse: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

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

Where does the cerrado climbing mouse live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the cerrado climbing 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 cerrado climbing mouse endangered?

The cerrado climbing mouse’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the cerrado climbing mouse?

The cerrado climbing mouse (Rhipidomys macrurus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Rhipidomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the cerrado climbing mouse

The cerrado climbing mouse or long-tailed rhipidomys (Rhipidomys macrurus) is an arboreal rodent species in the family Cricetidae from South America. It is found in primary or secondary forests of the cerrado and caatinga in central and eastern Brazil, and has also been seen in the Atlantic Forest. Its karyotype is 2n = 44, FN = 48-52. They are nocturnal animals and can be found in both tree canopies and on the ground.

This species should also not be confused with the cerrado mouse, Thalpomys cerradensis, the cerrado red-nosed mouse, Wiedomys cerradensis, or the cerrado grass mouse, Akodon serrensis. The Atlantic Forest climbing mouse (Rhipidomys mastacalis) has sometimes been similarly referred to as the "long-tailed climbing mouse". Rodents of genus Vandeleuria are also commonly known as long-tailed climbing mice.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Cerrado climbing mouse (revision 1313824664), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1764469 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).