Ferreira's fish-eating rat

Ferreira's fish-eating rat
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Neusticomys
Species:
N. ferreirai
Binomial name
Neusticomys ferreirai
Percequillo, Carmignotto, & Silva, 2005

Ferreira's fish-eating rat (Neusticomys ferreirai) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from primary lowland tropical rainforest.[1] It is named after 18th-century Brazilian naturalist Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira.[2]

  1. ^ a b Percequillo, A.; Weksler, M. (2019). "Neusticomys ferreirai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136236A22336660. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136236A22336660.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Beolens, B.; Watkins, M.; Grayson, M. (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0801893049. OCLC 270129903.