Stolzmann's Crab-eating Rat

Stolzmann's Crab-eating Rat
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Ichthyomys
Species: I. stolzmanni
Binomial name
Ichthyomys stolzmanni
Thomas, 1893

Stolzmann's Crab-eating Rat (Ichthyomys stolzmanni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It ist found in Ecuador and Peru. The species is believed to be nocturnal and semiaquatic, and has been found at an elevation range of 900 to 1700 m.[1] A survey in 2010 indicates that it has become a pest at local fish farms.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ a b Pacheco, V. & Tirira, D. (2008). Ichthyomys stolzmanni. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 April 2009.
  2. ^ Musser, Guy G.; Carleton, Michael D. (16 November 2005). "Superfamily Muroidea (pp. 894-1531)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 1120. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=13000672. 
  3. ^ Walker, Matt (2011-02-02). "Rare and enigmatic fishing rat soon becomes nuisance". BBC Earth News. BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9383000/9383327.stm. Retrieved 2011-02-02. 
  4. ^ Pacheco, Víctor; Ugarte-Núñez, Joaquín (2011). "New records of Stolzmann's fish-eating rat Ichthyomys stolzmanni (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) in Peru: a rare species becoming a nuisance". Mammalian Biology 76 (5): 657–661. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2010.10.007.