Aquatic rat

Aquatic rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Anotomys
Thomas, 1906
Species:
A. leander
Binomial name
Anotomys leander
Thomas, 1906

The aquatic rat, Ecuador fish-eating rat, fish-eating rat or Ecuadoran ichthyomyine[1] (Anotomys leander) is a South American species of semiaquatic rodent in the family Cricetidae.[2] It is the only species in the genus Anotomys.[3] This species is currently considered endangered. It is thought to be nocturnal and feeds on aquatic arthropods and insects.[1] It is found in small ranges along the Andes.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Tirira, D.G. (2018). "Anotomys leander". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T1564A22391789. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T1564A22391789.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1102. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. ^ "Anotomys Thomas, 1906". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  4. ^ Voss, R.S. (16 November 1988). "Systematics and ecology of ichthyomyine rodents (Muroidea) : patterns of morphological evolution in a small adaptive radiation". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 188: 259–493. hdl:2246/927.

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