Rhipidomys couesi - #4339
Coues's Climbing Rat
Captured in Venezuela, border of Aragua and Miranda states. Identified by JL Patton.
Geographic Distribution
Moist lowland forest that follows an arc from Trinidad, through N and WC Venezuela, to C Colombia (Meta).
Order/Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Rhipidomys
Specific Epithet
couesi
Image Date
6 June 1987
Photographer
RD Lord