Crab-eating rat
| Crab-eating rat | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Ichthyomys |
| Species: | I. hydrobates
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| Binomial name | |
| Ichthyomys hydrobates (Winge, 1891)
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The crab-eating rat (Ichthyomys hydrobates) is a species of semiaquatic rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is native to Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its lives near areas of rivers and swamps.