Neusticomys vossi
J. D. Hanson, D'Elía, Ayers, Cox, S. F. Burneo, & T. E. Lee, 2015
Voss's Fish-eating Rat
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Placentalia |
| Magnorder | : Boreoeutheria |
| Superorder | : Euarchontoglires |
| Order | : Rodentia |
| Suborder | : Supramyomorpha |
| Infraorder | : Myomorphi |
| Superfamily | : Muroidea |
| Family | : Cricetidae |
| Subfamily | : Sigmodontinae |
| Tribe | : Ichthyomyini |
| Genus | : Neusticomys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Authority citation
Hanson, J.D., D'Elía, G., Ayers, S.B., Cox, S.B., Burneo, S.F. and Lee, T.E., Jr. 2015-12. A new species of fish-eating rat, genus Neusticomys (Sigmodontinae), from Ecuador. Zoological Studies 54(49):1-11.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40555-015-0126-7Original name as described
Neusticomys vossi
Other common names
Voss's Ichthyomyine
Type material
QCAZ 7830
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
12 km by road north-west of Cosanga, Napo Province, Ecuador.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Ecuador
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Hanson, J.D., D'Elia, G., Ayers, S.B., Cox, S.B., Burneo, S.F., Lee, T.E. 2015. A new species of fish-eating rat, genus Neusticomys (Sigmodontinae), from Ecuador. Zoological Studies 54:49.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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