Oyapock's fish-eating rat

Oyapock's fish-eating rat (Daptomys oyapocki) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in French Guiana and Brazil. For a time, this species was assigned to the genus Neusticomys,^[2] but it has since been returned to its original genus.^[3]

Oyapock'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. oyapocki
Binomial name
Daptomys oyapocki Dubost & Petter, 1978