Stolzmann's crab-eating rat

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Stolzmann's crab-eating rat
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Ichthyomys
Species:
I. stolzmanni
Binomial name
Ichthyomys stolzmanni
Thomas, 1893

Stolzmann's crab-eating rat (Ichthyomys stolzmanni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. [2] It is found in Ecuador and Peru. The species is believed to be nocturnal and semiaquatic, and has been found at an elevation range of 900 to 1700 m. [1] A survey in 2010 indicates that it is becoming a nuisance at local trout farms in the Peruvian puna. [3]

Etymology

The specific name, stolzmanni, is in honor of Polish zoologist Jean Stanislas Stolzmann. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Pacheco, V.; Tirira, D.G. (2019). "Ichthyomys stolzmanni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T10763A22384676. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T10763A22384676.en . Retrieved 16 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.
  3. Pacheco, Víctor; Ugarte-Núñez, Joaquín (2011). "New records of Stolzmann's fish-eating rat Ichthyomys stolzmanni (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) in Peru: a rare species becoming a nuisance". Mammalian Biology . 76 (5): 657–661. Bibcode:2011MamBi..76..657P. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2010.10.007.
  4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Liolaemus stolzmanni, p. 255).