Las Cajas Water Mouse

Las Cajas Water Mouse
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Chibchanomys
Species:	C. orcesi
Binomial name
Chibchanomys orcesi Jenkins & Barnett, 1997

The Las Cajas Water Mouse (Chibchanomys orcesi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Cajas National Park in Ecuador.^[2] Its natural habitat is the high grassland (páramo) of the park, where it lives near streams, eating small fish and large invertebrates.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Gómez-Laverde, M., Anderson, R.P. & Weksler, M. (2008). Chibchanomys orcesi. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 April 2009.
2. ^ "Parque National Cajas", map and brochure from Etapa, Cuenca, 2009