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Species of rodent

Las Cajas water mouse
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Neusticomys
Species: N. orcesi
Binomial name
Neusticomys orcesi
(Jenkins & Barnett, 1997)

The Las Cajas water mouse (Neusticomys orcesi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Cajas National Park in Ecuador. Its natural habitat is the high grassland (páramo) of the park, where it lives near streams, eating small fish and large invertebrates. It was formerly placed in the genus Chibchanomys, but was moved to Neusticomys in 2023.

References

  1. ^ Anderson, R.P.; Gómez-Laverde, M.; Weksler, M. (2019). "Chibchanomys orcesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136775A22387119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136775A22387119.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Parque National Cajas", map and brochure from Etapa, Cuenca, 2009
  3. Salazar-Bravo, Jorge; Tinoco, Nicolás; Zeballos, Horacio; Brito, Jorge; Arenas-Viveros, Daniela; Marín-C., David; Ramírez-Fernández, José Daniel; Percequillo, Alexandre Reis; Lee, Thomas E.; Solari, Sergio; Colmenares-Pinzon, Javier; Nivelo, Carlos; Rodríguez-Herrera, Bernal; Merino, William; Medina, Cesar E.; Murillo-García, Oscar; Pardiñas, Ulyses Francisco José (2023). "Systematics and diversification of the Ichthyomyini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) revisited: evidence from molecular, morphological, and combined approaches". PeerJ. 11: e14319. doi:10.7717/peerj.14319. PMC 9841913. PMID 36655048.
Taxon identifiers
Chibchanomys orcesi


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