Las Cajas water mouse
| Las Cajas water mouse | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Chibchanomys |
| Species: | C. orcesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Chibchanomys orcesi Jenkins & Barnett, 1997
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The Las Cajas water mouse (Chibchanomys orcesi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Cajas National Park in Ecuador.[2] Its natural habitat is the high grassland (páramo) of the park, where it lives near streams, eating small fish and large invertebrates.[1]
References
- ^ a b Gómez-Laverde, M.; Anderson, R.P.; Weksler, M. (2008). "Chibchanomys orcesi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. IUCN: e.T136775A4338282. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136775A4338282.en. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
{{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter|last-author-amp=ignored (|name-list-style=suggested) (help) - ^ "Parque National Cajas", map and brochure from Etapa, Cuenca, 2009
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