Rio de Janeiro Arboreal Rat

Rio de Janeiro Arboreal Rat

Taxobox | name = Rio de Janeiro Arboreal Rat
fossil_range = Recent
status = EN | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Cricetidae
genus = "Phaenomys"
genus_authority = Thomas, 1917
species = "P. ferrugineus"
binomial = "Phaenomys ferrugineus"
binomial_authority = (Thomas, 1894)

The Rio de Janeiro Arboreal Rat, "Phaenomys ferrugineus", is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Brazil. It is the only species in the genus "Phaenomys".

References

* [http://www.natureserve.org/infonatura/ Infonatura]


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