Venezuelan fish-eating rat
Species of rodent
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The Venezuelan fish-eating rat (Daptomys venezuelae) is a species of a Rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Guyana and Venezuela. For a time, this species was assigned to the genus Neusticomys,[2] but it has since been returned to its original genus.[3]
| Venezuelan fish-eating rat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Daptomys |
| Species: | D. venezuelae |
| Binomial name | |
| Daptomys venezuelae H.E. Anthony, 1929 | |
