Oyapock's fish-eating rat
| Oyapock's fish-eating rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Neusticomys |
| Species: | N. oyapocki |
| Binomial name | |
| Neusticomys oyapocki (Dubost & Petter, 1978) | |
Oyapock's fish-eating rat (Neusticomys oyapocki) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in French Guiana and Brazil.
References
- ↑ Catzeflis, F., Weksler, M., Percequillo, A. & Patton, J. (2008). Neusticomys oyapocki. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 20 April 2009.
- 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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