Rhipidomys fulviventer

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	RODENTIA	CRICETIDAE

Scientific Name:

Rhipidomys fulviventer

Species Authority:

Thomas, 1896

Common Name/s:

English

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Buff-bellied Climbing Mouse

Taxonomic Notes:

It is a species complex, some portions of which may be threatened; it includes tenicauda from the Venezuelan Cordillera Oriental which may be a separate taxa (M. Gómez-Laverde pers. comm.).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2008
Assessor/s:	Gómez-Laverde, M. & Pacheco, V.
Reviewer/s:	Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)
Contributor/s:
Justification: This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution in isolated pockets, presumed large population, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is known from isolated populations in the Andes of southwestern and central Colombia, and west and northeast Venezuela (Musser and Carleton, 2005).
Countries:	Native: Colombia; Venezuela
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Population [top]

Population:	It is a relatively common species (M. Gómez-Laverde pers. comm.).
Population Trend:	Unknown

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is an arboreal species; it occurs in primary montane forest (M. Gómez-Laverde and B. Rivas pers. comm.).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	There does not appear to be any major threats to this species.

Major Threat(s):

There does not appear to be any major threats to this species.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It occurs in a number of protected areas througout its range.

Conservation Actions:

It occurs in a number of protected areas througout its range.

Citation:	Gómez-Laverde, M. & Pacheco, V. 2008. Rhipidomys fulviventer. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 19 May 2013.
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