Ferreira's fish-eating rat
Species of rodent
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Ferreira's fish-eating rat (Daptomys 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] This species was originally assigned to the genus Neusticomys, but it has been moved to Daptomys along with four other species.[3]
| Ferreira's fish-eating rat | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Daptomys |
| Species: | D. ferreirai |
| Binomial name | |
| Daptomys ferreirai (Percequillo, Carmignotto, & Silva, 2005) | |
