Peruvian Fish-eating Rat

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Peruvian Fish-eating Rat
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Neusticomys Species: N. peruviensis
Binomial name
Neusticomys peruviensis (Musser & Gardner, 1974)

The Peruvian Fish-eating Rat (Neusticomys peruviensis) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found only in Peru.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Neusticomys peruviensis. 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.