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Neusticomys (fish eating rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Neusticomys was named by Anthony (1921). It is extant.

It was assigned to Ichthyomyini by Jenkins and Barnett (1997), Packer and Lee (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Neusticomys Anthony p. 2
1929Daptomys Anthony
1997Neusticomys Jenkins and Barnett p. 123
2007Neusticomys Packer and Lee, Jr. p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilySigmodontinaeWagner 1843
tribeIchthyomyiniVorontsov 1959
genusNeusticomysAnthony 1921

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Neusticomys Anthony 1921 [fish eating rat]
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Neusticomys monticolus Anthony 1921 [montane fish eating rat]
Invalid names: Daptomys Anthony 1929 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available