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Species of rodent

Goldman's water mouse
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: Rheomys
Species: R. raptor
Binomial name
Rheomys raptor
Goldman, 1912

Rheomys raptor, also known as the Goldman's water mouse or Goldman's Ichthyomyine, is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. This mouse is semiaquatic and its carnivorous diet includes invertebrates. The conservation status of the species is rated as "least concern" because of its sizable population and the presence of several protected areas within its range. However, deforestation and water pollution represent potential threats.

Distribution and habitat

Rheomys raptor is found in Central America with sightings mainly in Costa Rica but has also been seen in eastern Panama. R. raptor lives in forests with a water source nearby, such as a fast-flowing stream, and inland wetlands. R. raptor has been identified in Costa Rican and Panamanian cloud forests at altitudes ranging from 1300 to 1600 meters.

Parasites

Rheomys raptor is the first known species of its genus to harbor an ectoparasite, Hoplopleura janzeni. H. janzeni is a newly identified species of Hoplopleura, sucking lice, that was solely discovered on a female R. raptor located at the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica.

References

  1. ^ Naylor, L.; Roach, N. (2016). "Rheomys raptor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19485A22354486. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T19485A22354486.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. "ITIS Standard Report Page: Rheomys raptor". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  3. 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. 1166. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  4. Reid, Fiona A.; Langtimm, Catherine A. (1993). "Distributional and Natural History Notes for Selected Mammals from Costa Rica". The Southwestern Naturalist. 38 (3): 299–302. doi:10.2307/3671441. ISSN 0038-4909. JSTOR 3671441.
  5. Hooper, Emmet T. (1968). "Habitats and Food of Amphibious Mice of the Genus Rheomys". Journal of Mammalogy. 49 (3): 550–553. doi:10.2307/1378230. ISSN 0022-2372. JSTOR 1378230.
  6. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  7. ^ Durden, Lance A.; Timm, Robert M. (December 2001). "Hoplopleura janzeni n. sp. (Phthiraptera: Anoplura), A New Sucking Louse from a Central American Swimming Mouse". Journal of Parasitology. 87 (6): 1409–1413. doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[1409:HJNSPA]2.0.CO;2. hdl:1808/4494. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 11780830. S2CID 8391910.
Taxon identifiers
Rheomys raptor


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