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Peruvian fish-eating rat

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Peruvian fish-eating rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Neusticomys
Species:
N. peruviensis
Binomial name
Neusticomys peruviensis
(Musser & Gardner, 1974)

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]

References

  1. ^ 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.