The Tumbala climbing rat (Tylomys tumbalensis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico, where it is known only from one locality in Tumbalá, Chiapas. The species is threatened by deforestation.

Tumbala climbing rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Tylomys
Species:
T. tumbalensis
Binomial name
Tylomys tumbalensis
Merriam, 1901

References

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  1. ^ Álvarez-Castañeda, S.T.; Castro-Arellano, I. (2019). "Tylomys tumbalensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T22575A22340781. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T22575A22340781.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.