| Peruvian fish-eating rat | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Neusticomys |
| Species: | N. peruviensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Neusticomys peruviensis (Musser & Gardner, 1974) | |
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.
References
- ^ Vivar, E.; Zeballos, H. (2016). "Neusticomys peruviensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T14743A22336941. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T14743A22336941.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- 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.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Neusticomys peruviensis | |
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