Neusticomys peruviensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

Neusticomys peruviensis (Musser & Gardner, 1974)

Holotype: LSUMZ 14407, adult ♂, skin and skull.
Type locality: “Balta (10º08'S, 17º13'W), at the point where the streams known to the local Cashinahua Indians as the Inuya and the Xumuya enter the Río Curanja, elevation 300 meters, Departamento de Loreto, Perú”.

Musser, G.G. & Gardner, A.L. 1974. A new species of the ichthyomyine Daptomys from Peru. American Museum Novitates 2537: 1–23. hdl: 2246/2740 Reference page.

Vivar, E. & Zeballos, H. 2016. IUCN: Neusticomys peruviensis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T14743A22336941. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14743A22336941.en}}

English: Peruvian Ichthyomyine, Peruvian Fish-eating Rat