Ferreira's fish-eating rat

Ferreira's fish-eating rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific 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]

References

1. 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.