Aquatic Rat

Aquatic Rat

Taxobox
name = Aquatic Rat
fossil_range = Recent
status = EN | status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Rodentia
familia = Cricetidae
tribus = Ichthyomyini
genus = "Anotomys"
genus_authority = Thomas, 1906
species = "A. leander"
binomial = "Anotomys leander"
binomial_authority = Thomas, 1906
synonyms = The Aquatic Rat, Ecuador Fish-Eating Rat, or Fish-Eating Rat ("Anotomys leander") is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is the only species in the genus "Anotomys".It is found only in Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and rivers.It is threatened by habitat loss.

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* Contreras, L. 1996. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/1564/all Anotomys leander] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 09 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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