The Peruvian fish-eating rat (Neusticomys peruviensis) is a species of semiaquatic rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in eastern Peru, where it is known from locations at elevations from 200 to 400 m.[1]
Peruvian fish-eating rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Neusticomys |
Species: | N. peruviensis
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Binomial name | |
Neusticomys peruviensis (Musser & Gardner, 1974)
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References
edit- ^ a b Vivar, E.; Zeballos, H. (2016). "Neusticomys peruviensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T14743A22336941. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14743A22336941.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.