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 HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
 --> ORDER RODENTIA
 --> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
 --> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
 --> FAMILY Cricetidae
 --> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
 --> GENUS Neusticomys
				
  SPECIES Neusticomys mussoi 
				
| Author: | Ochoa G. and Soriano, 1991. |  | Citation: | J. Mammal., 72: 97. |  | Common Name: | Musso’s Ichthyomyine |  | Type Locality: | Venezuela, Táchira State, 14 km SE Pregonero, Río Potosí, Paso Hondo, 1050 m. |  | Distribution: | Known only from the type locality, far W Venezuela. |  | Status: | IUCN – Endangered. |  | Comments: | The two known specimens represent the least aquatically specialized ichthyomyine species described thus far. |  
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