Montane fish-eating rat
| Montane Fish-eating Rat | |
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| Montane fish-eating rat | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Neusticomys |
| Species: | N. monticolus
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| Binomial name | |
| Neusticomys monticolus Anthony, 1921
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The montane fish-eating rat (Neusticomys monticolus) is a species of semiaquatic rodent in the family Cricetidae. It inhabits the Andes Mountains of Colombia and Ecuador.