Cariri Climbing Mouse

Cariri Climbing MouseThe Cariri Climbing Mouse was described from Ceará in northeastern Brazil. Its original account concerns moist forest patches surrounded by the dry Caatinga.What does it look like?In the original comparison, its fur is grayer and less smooth, and its whiskers longer, than those of Rhipidomys mastacalis and R. macrurus.How does it live?The Cariri Climbing Mouse was described from Ceará in northeastern Brazil. Its original account concerns moist forest patches surrounded by the dry Caatinga.The species was recorded in moist highland forest enclaves surrounded by the dry Caatinga.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.