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Tylomys tumbalensis (Tumbala climbing rat)

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
View Wikipedia Record: Tylomys tumbalensis

Endangered Species

Status: Critically Endangered
View IUCN Record: Tylomys tumbalensis

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
4
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
67
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 9.34
EDGE Score: 5.11
View EDGE Record: Tylomys tumbalensis

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  280 grams
Birth Weight [2]  17 grams
Diet [3]  Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Fruit [3]  10 %
Diet - Plants [3]  10 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  80 %
Forages - Ground [3]  100 %
Female Maturity [2]  3 months 6 days
Male Maturity [2]  3 months 19 days
Gestation [2]  40 days
Litter Size [2]  2
Litters / Year [2]  6
Maximum Longevity [2]  5 years
Snout to Vent Length [2]  10 inches (26 cm)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Maya Multiple Use Area 1156412 Guatemala  

Alliance for Zero Extinction (AZE) Sites

Name  Location   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Tumbalá Mexico

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Felisa A. Smith, S. Kathleen Lyons, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Kate E. Jones, Dawn M. Kaufman, Tamar Dayan, Pablo A. Marquet, James H. Brown, and John P. Haskell. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84:3403
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
AZE sites provided by Alliance for Zero Extinction (2010). 2010 AZE Update.
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0