Panamanian Climbing Rat
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The Panamanian Climbing Rat (Tylomys panamensis) is a species of rodent
in the family Cricetidae
. It is endemic to Panama
.
Rodent
Rodentia is an order of mammals also known as rodents, characterised by two continuously growing incisors in the upper and lower jaws which must be kept short by gnawing....
in the family Cricetidae
Cricetidae
The Cricetidae are a family of rodents in the large and complex superfamily Muroidea. It includes true hamsters, voles, lemmings, and New World rats and mice...
. It is endemic to Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
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Literature cited
- Alston, E. R. 1882. Biologia centrali-americana. Mammalia. R.H. Porter, 220 pp.
- Reid, R. & Woodman, N. 2008. Tylomys panamensis. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 27 February 2009.
- 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.