Venezuelan fish-eating rat
The Venezuelan fish-eating rat (Neusticomys venezuelae) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Guyana and Venezuela.
| Venezuelan fish-eating rat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Neusticomys |
| Species: | N. venezuelae |
| Binomial name | |
| Neusticomys venezuelae (Anthony, 1929) | |
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Neusticomys venezuelae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 July 2007.
- 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.
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