Musso's fish-eating rat
| Musso's fish-eating rat | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
| Genus: | Daptomys |
| Species: | D. mussoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Daptomys mussoi (Ochoa G. & Soriano, 1991) | |
Musso's fish-eating rat (Daptomys mussoi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae endemic to western Venezuela, where it has been found at altitudes of 1000 to 1200 m. It is semiaquatic and feeds on freshwater invertebrates. This species was originally assigned to the genus Neusticomys, but it has been moved to Daptomys along with four other species.