The Kutukú rat (Mindomys kutuku) is a species of sigmodontine rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini found in the isolated Kutukú Mountains of eastern Ecuador.[1]

Kutukú rat
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Mindomys
Species:
M. kutuku
Binomial name
Mindomys kutuku
Molina, Koch, Tinoco & Pardiñas, 2022

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  1. ^ Brito, J.; Koch, C.; Tinoco, N.; Pardiñas, U.F.J. (2022). "A new species of Mindomys (Rodentia, Cricetidae) with remarks on external traits as indicators of arboreality in sigmodontine rodents". Evolutionary Systematics. 6 (1): 35–55. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.6.76879. S2CID 247185793.