Kingdom Animalia Order Rodentia Genus Neusticomys Higher classification Neusticomys | Phylum Chordata Family Cricetidae Scientific name Neusticomys ferreirai Rank Species | |
Similar Rodent, Mammal, Sigmodontinae, Muroidea | ||
Ferreira's fish-eating rat (Neusticomys ferreirai) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from one lowland tropical rainforest location in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso. It is named after 18th-century Brazilian naturalist Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira.
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