Oyapock'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. oyapocki |
Binomial name | |
Daptomys oyapocki Dubost & Petter, 1978 |
Oyapock's fish-eating rat (Daptomys oyapocki) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in French Guiana and Brazil. For a time, this species was assigned to the genus Neusticomys , [2] but it has since been returned to its original genus. [3]