Musso's fish-eating rat

Musso's fish-eating rat
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Neusticomys
Species:	N. mussoi
Binomial name
	Neusticomys mussoi; Ochoa G. & Soriano, 1991

Musso's fish-eating rat (Neusticomys mussoi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae endemic to western Venezuela,^[2] where it has been found at altitudes of 1000 to 1200 m. It is semiaquatic and feeds on freshwater invertebrates.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Soriano, P. (2018). "Neusticomys mussoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T14741A22337139. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T14741A22337139.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ 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. 1135. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[iucn_status_11_November_2021-1] Soriano, P. (2018). "Neusticomys mussoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T14741A22337139. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T14741A22337139.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.

[MSW3-2] 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. 1135. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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