The mammalian faunas endemic to the Cerrado and the Caatinga Author Gutierrez, Eliecer E. Author Marinho-Filho, Jader text ZooKeys 2017 644 105 157 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.644.10827 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.644.10827 1313-2970-644-105 74090DD89F994A5692654E3255D7538B 74090DD89F994A5692654E3255D7538B Rhipidomys cariri Tribe, 2005 Distribution. Rhipidomys cariri is endemic to the Caatinga, and has been recorded in the Brazilian states of Bahia, Ceara , and Pernambuco ( Tribe 2005 , 2015 , Geise et al. 2010 , Fernandes-Ferreira et al. 2015 , Gurgel-Filho et al. 2015 ). Conservation status. The red list of the IUCN ver. 3.1 assigned the category "Data Deficient" to Rhipidomys cariri (see Patton et al. 2008a ). The species appears in the official list of threatened species of Brazil with the category "Vulnerable" ( ICMBIO-MMA 2016 ).