Crab-eating Rat

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Crab-eating Rat
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Ichthyomys Species: I. hydrobates
Binomial name
Ichthyomys hydrobates (Winge, 1891)

The Crab-eating Rat (Ichthyomys hydrobates) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It it found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are rivers and swamps.

[edit] References

• Contreras, L. 1996. Ichthyomys hydrobates. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 09 July 2007.
• Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.