Goldman's water mouse

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Goldman's water mouse
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Rheomys
Species:
R. raptor
Binomial name
Rheomys raptor
Goldman, 1912

Rheomys raptor, also known as the Goldman's water mouse or Goldman's Ichthyomyine, [2] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. [3] This mouse is semiaquatic and its carnivorous diet includes invertebrates. [1] The conservation status of the species is rated as "least concern" because of its sizable population and the presence of several protected areas within its range. [1] However, deforestation and water pollution represent potential threats. [1]

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Distribution and habitat

Rheomys raptor is found in Central America with sightings mainly in Costa Rica [4] but has also been seen in eastern Panama. [5] R. raptor lives in forests with a water source nearby, such as a fast-flowing stream, and inland wetlands. [6] R. raptor has been identified in Costa Rican and Panamanian cloud forests at altitudes ranging from 1300 to 1600 meters. [1]

Parasites

Rheomys raptor is the first known species of its genus to harbor an ectoparasite, Hoplopleura janzeni. [7] H. janzeni is a newly identified species of Hoplopleura, sucking lice, that was solely discovered on a female R. raptor located at the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Naylor, L.; Roach, N. (2016). "Rheomys raptor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T19485A22354486. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T19485A22354486.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Rheomys raptor". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
  3. ↑ 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. 1166. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  4. ↑ Reid, Fiona A.; Langtimm, Catherine A. (1993). "Distributional and Natural History Notes for Selected Mammals from Costa Rica". The Southwestern Naturalist. 38 (3): 299–302. Bibcode:1993SWNat..38..299R. doi:10.2307/3671441. ISSN   0038-4909. JSTOR   3671441.
  5. ↑ Hooper, Emmet T. (1968). "Habitats and Food of Amphibious Mice of the Genus Rheomys". Journal of Mammalogy. 49 (3): 550–553. doi:10.2307/1378230. ISSN   0022-2372. JSTOR   1378230.
  6. ↑ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
  7. 1 2 Durden, Lance A.; Timm, Robert M. (December 2001). "Hoplopleura janzeni n. sp. (Phthiraptera: Anoplura), A New Sucking Louse from a Central American Swimming Mouse". Journal of Parasitology. 87 (6): 1409–1413. doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[1409:HJNSPA]2.0.CO;2. hdl: 1808/4494 . ISSN   0022-3395. PMID   11780830. S2CID   8391910.


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