| Las Cajas Water Mouse | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Chibchanomys |
| Species: | C. orcesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Chibchanomys orcesi Jenkins & Barnett, 1997 |
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The Las Cajas Water Mouse (Chibchanomys orcesi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Cajas National Park in Ecuador.[2] Its natural habitat is the high grassland (páramo) of the park, where it lives near streams, eating small fish and large invertebrates.[1]