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The Brazilian arboreal mouse's head and body length is about 94 mm (3.7"), and its tail length is about the same. Based on its external features, it appears suited to an arboreal life. This mouse has been reported only from Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil. Its survival is in jeopardy because it is only known from a small area in one of the most rapidly developing parts of South America.
*** The Brazilian arboreal mouse is known from only a few specimens.
2004: Occurs in Brazil (IUCN 2004).
The Brazilian arboreal mouse has been reported only from Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro in southeastern Brazil (Emmons & Feer 1997).
Distribution Map (11 Kb) (InfoNatura)
The Brazilian arboreal mouse is only known from a small area in one of the most rapidly developing parts of South America (Nowak 1999).
The Brazilian arboreal mouse's head and body length is about 94 mm (3.7"), and its tail length is about the same.
The Brazilian arboreal mouse is found in the Atlantic Forest Biodiversity Hotspot (Cons. Intl. 2005).
Based on its external features, the Brazilian arboreal mouse appears suited to an arboreal life.
Cons. Intl. 2005, Emmons & Feer 1997, InfoNatura, IUCN 1994, IUCN 1996, IUCN 2000, IUCN 2003a, IUCN 2004, Nowak 1999, Nowak & Paradiso 1983
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