Biology:Musso's fish-eating rat
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Short description: Species of rodent
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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: | Neusticomys |
| Species: | N. mussoi
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| Binomial name | |
| Neusticomys mussoi Ochoa G. & Soriano, 1991
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Soriano, P. (2018). "Neusticomys mussoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T14741A22337139. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T14741A22337139.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14741/22337139. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ↑ 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. 1135. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000741.
Wikidata ☰ Q1765804 entry
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