Musso's fish-eating rat
Species of rodent
Musso's fish-eating rat | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Neusticomys |
Species: | N. mussoi |
Binomial name | |
Neusticomys mussoi Ochoa G. & Soriano, 1991 |
Musso's fish-eating rat (Neusticomys mussoi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae endemic to western Venezuela,[2] where it has been found at altitudes of 1000 to 1200 m. It is semiaquatic and feeds on freshwater invertebrates.[1]
References
- ^ a b Soriano, P. (2018). "Neusticomys mussoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T14741A22337139. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T14741A22337139.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1135. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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