| Peruvian Fish-eating Rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Neusticomys |
| Species: | N. peruviensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Neusticomys peruviensis (Musser & Gardner, 1974) |
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The Peruvian Fish-eating Rat (Neusticomys peruviensis) is a species of semiaquatic rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in eastern Peru, where it is known from locations at elevations from 200 to 400 m.[1]