Peruvian fish-eating rat

Peruvian fish-eating rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Daptomys
Species:	D. peruviensis
Binomial name
Daptomys peruviensis Musser & A.L. Gardner, 1974

The Peruvian fish-eating rat (Daptomys peruviensis) is a species of semiaquatic rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in eastern Peru, where it is known from locations at elevations from 200 to 400 m. ^[1] For a time, this species was assigned to the genus Neusticomys , ^[2] but it has since been returned to its original genus. ^[3]

References

1. Vivar, E.; Zeballos, H. (2016). "Neusticomys peruviensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T14743A22336941. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14743A22336941.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Species Neusticomys peruviensis". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
3. Salazar-Bravo, Jorge; Tinoco, Nicolás; Zeballos, Horacio; Brito, Jorge; et al. (2023). "Systematics and diversification of the Ichthyomyini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) revisited: evidence from molecular, morphological, and combined approaches". PeerJ. 11 e14319. doi: 10.7717/peerj.14319 . PMC   9841913 . PMID   36655048.