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Musso's fish-eating rat

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Species of rodent

Musso's fish-eating rat
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this 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, where it has been found at altitudes of 1000 to 1200 m. It is semiaquatic and feeds on freshwater invertebrates.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  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. 1135. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Taxon identifiers
Neusticomys mussoi


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