Andean swamp rat

Andean swamp rat
Temporal range: Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Reithrodontini
Genus: Neotomys
Thomas, 1894
Species: N. ebriosus
Binomial name
Neotomys ebriosus
Thomas, 1894

The Andean swamp rat (Neotomys ebriosus) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is the only species in the genus Neotomys. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru.

References

  1. Vargas, J., Bernal, N., Zeballos, H., Vivar, E. , Patterson, B., Jayat, J.P. & Pardinas, U. 2008. Neotomys ebriosus. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 13 July 2013.


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