Andean swamp rat

Andean swamp rat
Temporal range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Reithrodontini
Genus: Neotomys
Thomas, 1894
Species: N. ebriosus
Binomial name
Neotomys ebriosus
Thomas, 1894

The Andean swamp rat (Neotomys ebriosus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Neotomys. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

References

  1. ↑ Vargas, J., Bernal, N., Zeballos, H., Vivar, E. , Patterson, B., Jayat, J.P. & Pardinas, U. 2008. Neotomys ebriosus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 July 2013.


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