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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Rhagomys
SPECIES Rhagomys rufescens
| Author: | Thomas, 1886. | | Citation: | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 5, 17: 250. | | Common Name: | Rufescent Rhagomys | | Type Locality: | Brazil, Rio de Janeiro State, Rio de Janeiro. | | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality. | | Status: | IUCN – Critically Endangered. | | Comments: | Only two specimens exist, one with the skull now missing. Morphology redescribed and skull of holotype illustrated by Luna and Patterson (2003). |
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