| Aquatic Rat Temporal range: Recent |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Tribe: | Ichthyomyini |
| Genus: | Anotomys Thomas, 1906 |
| Species: | A. leander |
| Binomial name | |
| Anotomys leander Thomas, 1906 |
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| Synonyms | |
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Rheomys leander |
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The Aquatic Rat, Ecuador Fish-Eating Rat, or Fish-Eating Rat (Anotomys leander) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Anotomys. It is found only in Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and rivers. It is threatened by habitat loss. It has 92 chromosomes.[2]