Extension of the known geographic distribution of Diplomys labilis (Mammalia: Rodentia: Echimyidae): first record for Costa Rica

By

Ramírez-Fernández, José Daniel
Córdoba-Alfaro, Jim
Salas-Solano, Diego
Durán A., Francisco J.
Rodríguez-Herrera, Bernal

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015-9-20

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

11

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

1745--3

Subjects

arboreal rat , Costa Rican mammals , first record , Osa Peninsula , Premontane Wet Forest , range extension , Rufous Tree Rat

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/11.5.1745

 

Abstract

The Rufous Tree Rat, Diplomys labilis, is known to range geographically from Central Panamá to Colombia and probably Ecuador. It occurs in a variety of habitat types where it moves by the branches in the high canopy at night. We report the Rufous Tree Rat for Costa Rica, ranging outside its geographical distribution about 490 km west from its type locality.