Ichthyomys pittieri — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Mammalia/Rodentia/Cricetidae/Ichthyomys

At a glance

Occurrence records0

Data sources5

Biological traits11

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Ichthyomys pittieri's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation8 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources11 traits

01Narrative

Pittier's crab-eating rat (Ichthyomys pittieri) is a species of semiaquatic rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is endemic to Venezuela. The natural habitats of this species are rivers and swamps. Its karyotype has 2n = 92 and FNa = 98. This was previously thought to be the highest chromosome number known for a mammal, but it has since been found that the plains viscacha rat or red viscacha rat (Tympanoctomys barrerae) has 4x = 2n = 102.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesPanTHERIAAmnioteDBEltonTraits

Size & morphology1

Body mass69.1 g

Diet & foraging4

Breadth1

Fish20 %

Invertebrate80 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Habitat & environment2

Habitat breadth2

Terrestriality1.00

Physiology & chemistry2

Precipitation mean106 mm

Temperature mean244 decidegC

Other traits2

Activity cycle1.00

Foraging stratumG