Las Cajas water mouse
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Chibchanomys
Species:
C. orcesi
Binomial name
Chibchanomys orcesi
Jenkins & Barnett, 1997

The Las Cajas water mouse (Chibchanomys orcesi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to the Cajas National Park in Ecuador.[2] Its natural habitat is the high grassland (páramo) of the park, where it lives near streams, eating small fish and large invertebrates.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Anderson, R.P.; Gómez-Laverde, M.; Weksler, M. (2019). "Chibchanomys orcesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T136775A22387119. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T136775A22387119.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. "Parque National Cajas", map and brochure from Etapa, Cuenca, 2009


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