Tylomys fulviventer, Anthony, 1916

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Cricetidae, Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona: Lynx Edicions, pp. 204-535 : 535

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.6707142

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6727714

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scientific name

Tylomys fulviventer
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763. View Plate 31: Cricetidae

Fulvous-bellied Climbing Rat

Tylomys fulviventer View in CoL

French: Tylomys a ventre fauve / German: Gelbbauch-Kletterratte / Spanish: Rata trepadora de vientre leonado

Taxonomy. Tylomys fulviventer Anthony, 1916 View in CoL , “Tacarcuna, District of Darien, Panama. Alt. 4200 ft [= 1280 m].”

Tylomys fulviventer might be a subspecies of T. mirae or a synonym of 1. panamensis . Monotypic.

Distribution. Known only from a small area of the Darién, E Panama. View Figure

Descriptive notes. Head-body 218 mm,tail 233 mm. No specific data are available for body weight. The Fulvous-bellied Climbing Rat is similar to Watson’s Climbing Rat ('1" watsoni ). Its back is dark brown medially, with light brown ocher on both sides of midline of back; sides are pale; underparts have brown ocher midline extending from pectoral region to base of tail; and legs are dark. Tail is slightly longer than body, dark gray basally and flesh colored distally. There are four inguinal teats. Long anterior palatine foramen reaches level of M'; nasals extend beyond premaxila.

Habitat. Tropical wet forest and tropical rainforest.

Food and Feeding. The Fulvous-bellied Climbing Rat eats seeds. Type specimen was captured in traps baited with banana.

Breeding. No information.

Activity patterns. The type specimen was captured on the ground.

Movements, Home range and Social organization. No information.

Status and Conservation. Classified as Data Deficient on The IUCN Red List. Data on distribution, biology, environmental requirements, and taxonomic validity are need to clarify conservation status of the Fulvous-bellied Climbing Rat.

Bibliography. Anthony (1916), Cuartas-Calle & Munoz-Arango (2003), Espinoza (2002), Musser & Carleton (2005), Nowak (1999), Reid (2009), Wilson & Cole (2000).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Rodentia

SubOrder

Myomorpha

SuperFamily

Muroidea

Family

Cricetidae

Tribe

Euneomyini

Genus

Tylomys

Loc

Tylomys fulviventer

Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr 2017
2017
Loc

Tylomys fulviventer

Anthony 1916
1916
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