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Crab-eating Rats
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Crab-eating Rats

Ichthyomys

Ichthyomys is a genus of semiaquatic Neotropical rodents in the family Cricetidae.

It contains the following species:

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Stolzmann's crab-eating rat

speciesIchthyomys stolzmanni

Pittier's crab-eating rat

speciesIchthyomys pittieri

Pine's Crab-eating Rat

speciesIchthyomys pinei

Ichthyomys orientalis

speciesIchthyomys orientalis

Tweedy's crab-eating rat

speciesIchthyomys tweedii

crab-eating rat

speciesIchthyomys hydrobates

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45015.