Underwood's Water Mouse

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Underwood's Water Mouse
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae Genus: Rheomys Species: R. underwoodi
Binomial name
Rheomys underwoodi Thomas, 1906

Underwood's Water Mouse (Rheomys underwoodi) is a species of rodent in the Cricetidae family. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.

[edit] References

• Baillie, J. 1996. Rheomys underwoodi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 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.