Check List 11(5): e19344, doi: 10.15560/11.5.1745
Extension of the known geographic distribution of Diplomys labilis (Mammalia: Rodentia: Echimyidae): first record for Costa Rica
expand article infoJosé Daniel Ramírez-Fernández‡, Jim Córdoba-Alfaro§, Diego Salas-Solano‡, Francisco J. Durán A.|, Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera‡
‡ Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica§ La Leona Eco-lodge, Costa Rica| Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

Corresponding author: José Ramírez-Fernández ( josed-rf@hotmail.com )

© 2017 José Ramírez-Fernández, Jim Córdoba-Alfaro, Diego Salas-Solano, Francisco Durán A., Bernal Rodríguez-Herrera.
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Citation: Ramírez-Fernández J, Durán A. F, Córdoba-Alfaro J, Salas-Solano D, Rodríguez-Herrera B (2015) Extension of the known geographic distribution of Diplomys labilis (Mammalia: Rodentia: Echimyidae): first record for Costa Rica. Check List 11(5): 1745. https://doi.org/10.15560/11.5.1745
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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.
Keywords
Rufous Tree Rat; Osa Peninsula; range extension; Premontane Wet Forest; arboreal rat; first record; Costa Rican mammals