Ichthyomys hydrobates

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Near Threatened

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Habitat

Ecology: The species occurs in tall rainforest, cloud forest , or secondary forest ; it is nocturnal , terrestrial and semiaquatic and feed on crabs and other aquatic invertebrates (Voss, 1988).[1].

List of Habitats :

•     1     Forest   
  
•     1.6     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland   
  
•     1.9     Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     14     Artificial/Terrestrial   
  
•     14.6     Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 09-Jun-2004

This taxon reflects a species complex , more studies are needed. (Ref. 279446).

Similar Species

Members of the genus Ichthyomys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 4 species and subspecies in this genus:

I. hydrobates (Crab-Eating Rat) · I. pittieri (Pittier's Crab-Eating Rat) · I. stolzmanni (Stolzmann's Crab-Eating Rat) · I. tweedii (Tweedy's Crab-Eating Rat)

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Further Reading

• A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. 1907 8 Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1907. url p. 262, p. 614.
• American Museum novitates. New YorkAmerican Museum of Natural History url p. 6.
• Revision of the tribe Phyllotini (Rodentia: Sigmodontinae), with a phylogenetic hypothesis for the Sigmodontinae / Scott J. Steppan. 80 1995 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1995. url fig. 22 , fig. 13 , fig. 20 , fig. 23 , table 1 , table 2 , fig. 21 , fig. 24 , table 4 , table 5 , p. 108, p. 14, p. 2, p. 31, p. 42, p. 56, p. 58, p. 64, p. 65, p. 66, p. 8.
• The Cambridge natural history / edited by S. F. Harmer and A. E. Shipley. London: Macmillan and Co.; 1895-1909. url p. 480.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Contreras, L. 1996. Ichthyomys hydrobates. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Contreras, L. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 03, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• Soriano, P. & Tirira, D. 2008. Ichthyomys hydrobates. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 03, 2008:

• Field Museum: Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 109673
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-633132
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 633132
• IUCN ID: 215966
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6079

Footnotes

1. Soriano, P. & Tirira, D. 2008. Ichthyomys hydrobates. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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