| Aquatic rat | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Anotomys Thomas, 1906 |
| Species: | A. leander
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| Binomial name | |
| Anotomys leander Thomas, 1906
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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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Anotomys Thomas, 1906". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ 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.