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White-footed Climbing Mouse

Rhipidomys leucodactylus (Tschudi, 1845)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

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Open encyclopedia reference

The white-footed climbing mouse (Rhipidomys leucodactylus) is a species of South American rodent found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. It is the type species of the genus and the type location was the lower eastern slopes of the Andes in central Peru.

Wikipedia contributors, White-footed climbing mouse; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T11:47:57.716932+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Rhipidomys leucodactylus (Tschudi, 1845)
Name authority
(Tschudi, 1845)
Common name
White-footed Climbing Mouse
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Rhipidomys
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammalia Linnaeus, 1758
  9. subclassTheria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  10. infraclassEutheria Gill, 1872
  11. orderRodentia Bowdich, 1821
  12. suborderMyomorpha Brandt, 1855
  13. superfamilyMuroidea Illiger, 1811
  14. familyCricetidae Fischer, 1817
  15. subfamilySigmodontinae Wagner, 1843
  16. genusRhipidomys Tschudi, 1845
  17. speciesRhipidomys leucodactylus (Tschudi, 1845)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Rhipidomys. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Coues' RhipidomysRhipidomys couesi (J. A. Allen & Chapman, 1893)CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Buff-bellied Climbing MouseRhipidomys fulviventer Thomas, 1896CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Broad-footed Climbing MouseRhipidomys latimanus (Tomes, 1860)CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Long-tailed RhipidomysRhipidomys macrurus (Gervais, 1855)CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Peruvian RhipidomysRhipidomys modicus Thomas, 1926CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Charming Climbing MouseRhipidomys venustus Thomas, 1900CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Eastern Amazon RhipidomysRhipidomys emiliae (J. A. Allen, 1916)CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Southern Andean RhipidomysRhipidomys austrinus Thomas, 1921CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cauca Climbing MouseRhipidomys caucensis J. A. Allen, 1913CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gardner's RhipidomysRhipidomys gardneri Patton, da Silva & Malcolm, 2000CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
MacConnell's Climbing MouseRhipidomys macconnelli de Winton, 1900CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Atlantic Forest RhipidomysRhipidomys mastacalis (Lund, 1840)CricetidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

South America

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=633342 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:4SB7J. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.