Rheomys
Appearance
Rheomys | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Tribe: | Ichthyomyini |
Genus: | Rheomys Thomas, 1906 |
Type species | |
Rheomys underwoodi | |
Species | |
Rheomys mexicanus |
Rheomys is a genus of Mexican and Central American semiaquatic rodents in the family Cricetidae.[1]
It contains the following species:
- Mexican water mouse, Rheomys mexicanus
- Goldman's water mouse, Rheomys raptor
- Thomas's water mouse, Rheomys thomasi
- Underwood's water mouse, Rheomys underwoodi
References
[edit]- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Genus Rheomys". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 1166–1167. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.