Biology:Goldman's water mouse
| Goldman's 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: | Rheomys |
| Species: | R. raptor
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| Binomial name | |
| Rheomys raptor Goldman, 1912
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Rheomys raptor, also known as the Goldman's water mouse or Goldman's Ichthyomyine,[2] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[3] This mouse is semiaquatic and its carnivorous diet includes invertebrates.[1] The conservation status of the species is rated as "least concern" because of its sizable population and the presence of several protected areas within its range.[1] However, deforestation and water pollution represent potential threats.[1]
Distribution and habitat
Rheomys raptor is found in Central America with sightings mainly in Costa Rica[4] but has also been seen in eastern Panama.[5] R. raptor lives in forests with a water source nearby, such as a fast-flowing stream, and inland wetlands.[6] R. raptor has been identified in Costa Rican and Panamanian cloud forests at altitudes ranging from 1300 to 1600 meters.[1]
Parasites
Rheomys raptor is the first known species of its genus to harbor an ectoparasite, Hoplopleura janzeni.[7] H. janzeni is a newly identified species of Hoplopleura, sucking lice, that was solely discovered on a female R. raptor located at the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve in Costa Rica.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Naylor, L.; Roach, N. (2016). "Rheomys raptor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T19485A22354486. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T19485A22354486.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19485/22354486. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- ↑ "ITIS Standard Report Page: Rheomys raptor". https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=633334#null.
- ↑ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1166. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000880.
- ↑ Reid, Fiona A.; Langtimm, Catherine A. (1993). "Distributional and Natural History Notes for Selected Mammals from Costa Rica". The Southwestern Naturalist 38 (3): 299–302. doi:10.2307/3671441. ISSN 0038-4909.
- ↑ Hooper, Emmet T. (1968). "Habitats and Food of Amphibious Mice of the Genus Rheomys". Journal of Mammalogy 49 (3): 550–553. doi:10.2307/1378230. ISSN 0022-2372.
- ↑ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". https://www.iucnredlist.org/en.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Durden, Lance A.; Timm, Robert M. (December 2001). "Hoplopleura janzeni n. sp. (Phthiraptera: Anoplura), A New Sucking Louse from a Central American Swimming Mouse". Journal of Parasitology 87 (6): 1409–1413. doi:10.1645/0022-3395(2001)087[1409:HJNSPA2.0.CO;2]. ISSN 0022-3395. PMID 11780830.
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