Musso's fish-eating rat

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

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| name = Musso's fish-eating rat

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Soriano, P. |date=2018 |title=Neusticomys mussoi |volume=2018 |page=e.T14741A22337139 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T14741A22337139.en |access-date=11 November 2021}}

| genus = Daptomys

| species = mussoi

| authority = (Ochoa G. & Soriano, 1991)

| synonyms =

}}

Musso's fish-eating rat (Daptomys mussoi) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae endemic to western Venezuela,{{MSW3 Muroidea | id = 13000741 | page = 1135 |heading=Species Neusticomys mussoi}} where it has been found at altitudes of 1000 to 1200 m. It is semiaquatic and feeds on freshwater invertebrates. This species was originally assigned to the genus Neusticomys, but it has been moved to Daptomys along with four other species.{{cite journal |first1=Jorge |last1=Salazar-Bravo |first2=Nicolás |last2=Tinoco |first3=Horacio |last3=Zeballos |first4=Jorge |last4=Brito |first5=Daniela |last5=Arenas-Viveros |first6=David |last6=Marín-C |first7=José Daniel |last7=Ramírez-Fernández |first8=Alexandre R. |last8=Percequillo |first9=Thomas E. Jr |last9=Lee |first10=Sergio |last10=Solari |first11=Javier |last11=Colmenares-Pinzon |first12=Carlos |last12=Nivelo |first13=Bernal |last13=Rodríguez Herrera |first14=William |last14=Merino |first15=Cesar E. |last15=Medina |first16=Oscar |last16=Murillo-García |first17=Ulyses F.J. |last17=Pardiñas |display-authors=4 |year=2023 |title=Systematics and diversification of the Ichthyomyini (Cricetidae, Sigmodontinae) revisited: evidence from molecular, morphological, and combined approaches |journal=PeerJ |volume=11 |page=e14319 |url=https://peerj.com/articles/14319/}}