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Tumbala climbing rat

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Tumbala climbing rat

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Tylomys
Species:
T. tumbalensis
Binomial name
Tylomys tumbalensis
Merriam, 1901

The Tumbala climbing rat (Tylomys tumbalensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico, where it is known only from one locality in Tumbalá, Chiapas. The species is threatened by deforestation.

References

  • Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I. (2008). "Tylomys tumbalensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T22575A9377455. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T22575A9377455.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.


  1. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I. (2019). "Tylomys tumbalensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 208. IUCN. e.T22575A22340781. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |last-author-amp= ignored (|name-list-style= suggested) (help)