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Crab-eating rat

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Species of rodent

Crab-eating rat
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Ichthyomys
Species: I. hydrobates
Binomial name
Ichthyomys hydrobates
(Winge, 1891)

The crab-eating rat (Ichthyomys hydrobates) is a species of semiaquatic rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are rivers and swamps.

References

  1. Soriano, P. (2019). "Ichthyomys hydrobates". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T10761A22384446. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T10761A22384446.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. 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. 1120. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Taxon identifiers
Ichthyomys hydrobates


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