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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