Oyapock's fish-eating rat
Oyapock's fish-eating rat (Neusticomys oyapocki) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in French Guiana and Brazil.
| Oyapock's fish-eating rat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Neusticomys |
| Species: | N. oyapocki |
| Binomial name | |
| Neusticomys oyapocki (Dubost & Petter, 1978) | |
References
- Catzeflis, F.; Weksler, M.; Percequillo, A. & Patton, J. (2008). "Neusticomys oyapocki". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T14742A4459322. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T14742A4459322.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- 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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