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Crab-eating rat

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Crab-eating rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Ichthyomys
Species:
I. hydrobates
Binomial name
Ichthyomys hydrobates
(Winge, 1891)

The crab-eating rat (Ichthyomys hydrobates) is a species of semiaquatic rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are rivers and swamps.

References

  1. ^ Soriano, P. (2019). "Ichthyomys hydrobates". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. IUCN: e.T10761A22384446. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  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.