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Chibchan water mouse

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Chibchan water mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Chibchanomys
Species:
C. trichotis
Binomial name
Chibchanomys trichotis
(Thomas, 1897)

The Chibchan water mouse (Chibchanomys trichotis) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in the Andean highlands of Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are tropical cloud forests and streams at elevations from 2500 to 2700 m.[1] It feeds on snails and possibly small fish.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Anderson, R.P.; Gómez-Laverde, M.; Weksler, M. (2019). "Chibchanomys trichotis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4627A22387036. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T4627A22387036.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.