Musso's fish-eating rat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Daptomys |
Species: | D. mussoi |
Binomial name | |
Daptomys mussoi (Ochoa G. & Soriano, 1991) |
Musso's fish-eating rat (Daptomys mussoi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae endemic to western Venezuela, [2] where it has been found at altitudes of 1000 to 1200 m. It is semiaquatic and feeds on freshwater invertebrates. [1] This species was originally assigned to the genus Neusticomys , [2] but it has been moved to Daptomys along with four other species. [3]