Tanyuromys aphrastus
Species of rodent
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Tanyuromys aphrastus, known as the long-tailed sigmodontomys,[2] Harris's rice water rat,[1] or the long-tailed rice rat,[3] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known from Costa Rica, Panama, and Ecuador.[1] In 2012, it was reassigned to its current genus from Sigmodontomys.[4]
| Tanyuromys aphrastus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Tanyuromys |
| Species: | T. aphrastus |
| Binomial name | |
| Tanyuromys aphrastus Harris, 1932 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Sigmodontomys aphrastus | |
