Cave use by the Broad-footed Climbing Rat Rhipidomys latimanus (Tomes, 1860) in Santander, Colombia.

Abstract

In this note, I report two field observations of R. latimanus using caves. These records provide new data about the natural history of R. latimanus, previously, this species was considered mainly arboreal and solitary.

Keywords

• subterranean ecosystems
• rodentia
• sigmodontinae