Musso's fish-eating rat
| Musso's fish-eating rat | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Genus: | Neusticomys |
| Species: | N. mussoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Neusticomys mussoi Ochoa G. & Soriano, 1991 | |
Musso's fish-eating rat (Neusticomys mussoi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found only in Venezuela.
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Neusticomys mussoi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 9 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.