Ferreira's fish-eating rat

Ferreira's fish-eating rat (Daptomys ferreirai) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known only from primary lowland tropical rainforest.^[1] It is named after 18th-century Brazilian naturalist Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira.^[2] This species was originally assigned to the genus Neusticomys, but it has been moved to Daptomys along with four other species.^[3]

Ferreira's fish-eating rat
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Daptomys
Species:	D. ferreirai
Binomial name
Daptomys ferreirai (Percequillo, Carmignotto, & Silva, 2005)