Rhagomys

The Brazilian trees mice ( Rhagomys ) are a living in South America rodent genus of the group of the New world. They consist of two types.

These rodents reach a body length of about nine centimeters have an almost equally long tail. Their fur is dyed orange-red, the underside is lighter. The tail is sparsely cover it with hair that short ears protrude barely out of his fur. As the only representative of the Sigmodontinae they have a nail and no claw on the first toe of the hind foot. Your physique shows adaptations to arboreal life.

There are two types:

Rhagomys rufescens occurs only in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. There are only two known copies, due to the strong urban sprawl and the associated destruction of habitat, the species by the IUCN as " critically endangered " ( critically endangered ) is listed.

Rhagomys longilingua was not described until 2003. This species inhabits forests in southeastern Peru ( Madre de Dios and Cusco regions ). It is so far known only from three specimens. Your level of danger is uncertain, the IUCN does not yet lead to the type.