Tanyuromys aphrastus

Tanyuromys aphrastus, known as the long-tailed sigmodontomys,^[2] Harris's rice water rat,^[1] or the long-tailed rice rat,^[3] is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is known from Costa Rica, Panama, and Ecuador.^[1] In 2012, it was reassigned to its current genus from Sigmodontomys.^[4]

Tanyuromys aphrastus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Tanyuromys
Species:	T. aphrastus
Binomial name
Tanyuromys aphrastus Harris, 1932
Synonyms
Sigmodontomys aphrastus