Ferreira's fish-eating rat

Ferreira's fish-eating rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Rodentia
Family:Cricetidae
Subfamily:Sigmodontinae
Genus:Neusticomys
Species: N. ferreirai
Binomial name
Neusticomys ferreirai
Percequillo, Carmignotto & Silva, 2005

Ferreira's fish-eating rat (Neusticomys ferreirai) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from one lowland tropical rainforest location in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.[1] It is named after 18th-century Brazilian naturalist Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Percequillo, A. & Weksler, M. (2008). "Neusticomys ferreirai". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2008: e.T136236A4263746. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T136236A4263746.en. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0801893049. OCLC 270129903.


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