Jump to content

Ichthyomyini

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ichthyomyini
Temporal range: Pleistocene - Recent
Stolzmann's crab-eating rat (Ichthyomys stolzmanni)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Ichthyomyini
Vorontsov, 1959
Genera

Anotomys
Chibchanomys
Ichthyomys
Neusticomys
Rheomys

Ichthyomyini is a tribe of New World rats and mice in the subfamily Sigmodontinae. The species within this tribe share the characteristics of all being carnivorous semiaquatic rodents.