- Chiriqui Brown Mouse
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Chiriqui Brown Mouse Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Scotinomys Species: S. xerampelinus Binomial name Scotinomys xerampelinus
(Bangs, 1902)The Chiriqui Brown Mouse (Scotinomys xerampelinus) also known as the long-tailed singing mouse is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in high elevations of Costa Rica and Panama.
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Scotinomys xerampelinus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- 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.
Categories:- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Neotominae
- Mammals of Costa Rica
- Cricetidae stubs
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