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Neusticomys
Temporal range: RecentScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Subfamily: Sigmodontinae Tribe: Ichthyomyini Genus: Neusticomys
Anthony, 1921Species Neusticomys ferreirai
Neusticomys monticolus
Neusticomys mussoi
Neusticomys oyapocki
Neusticomys peruviensis
Neusticomys venezuelaeNeusticomys is a genus of semiaquatic South American rodents in the family Cricetidae. It contains the following species:
- Ferreira's Fish-eating Rat (Neusticomys ferreirai)
- Montane Fish-eating Rat (Neusticomys monticolus)
- Musso's Fish-eating Rat (Neusticomys mussoi)
- Oyapock's Fish-eating Rat (Neusticomys oyapocki)
- Peruvian Fish-eating Rat (Neusticomys peruviensis)
- Venezuelan Fish-eating Rat (Neusticomys venezuelae)
References
Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000739.
Categories:- Sigmodontinae stubs
- Ichthyomyini
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