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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Rhipidomys
SPECIES Rhipidomys macconnelli
Author: | De Winton, 1900. | Citation: | Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 8: 52. | Common Name: | Tepui Rhipidomys | Type Locality: | Venezuela, Bolívar State, Mt Roraima, 8700 ft (2652 m). | Distribution: | Highlands of S Venezuela (Bolívar and Amazonas) and neighboring parts of N Brazil and W Guyana. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | R. macconnelli section sensu Tribe (1996). Sometimes misallocated as a species of Thomasomys (e.g., Gyldenstolpe, 1932) but see Hershkovitz (1959b). Tribe (1996:194) viewed macconnelli "as a possible basal offshoot of the genus." |
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