Rheomys
Rheomys is a genus of Mexican and Central American semiaquatic rodents in the family Cricetidae.
Rheomys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Tribe: | Ichthyomyini |
Genus: | Rheomys Thomas, 1906 |
Type species | |
Rheomys underwoodi | |
Species | |
Rheomys mexicanus |
It contains the following species:
- Mexican water mouse, Rheomys mexicanus
- Goldman's water mouse, Rheomys raptor
- Thomas's water mouse, Rheomys thomasi
- Underwood's water mouse, Rheomys underwoodi
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