Crab-eating rat

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Crab-eating rat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Ichthyomys
Species:
I. hydrobates
Binomial name
Ichthyomys hydrobates
(Winge, 1891)

The crab-eating rat (Ichthyomys hydrobates) is a species of semiaquatic rodent in the family Cricetidae. [2] It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are rivers and swamps.

References

  1. ↑ Soriano, P. (2019). "Ichthyomys hydrobates". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019 e.T10761A22384446. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T10761A22384446.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
  2. ↑ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1120. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.


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