Amphinectomys savamis

Malygin in Malygin, Aniskin, Isayev, & Milishnikov, 1994

Ucayali Water Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Cricetidae
Subfamily : Sigmodontinae
Tribe : Oryzomyini
Genus : Amphinectomys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Malygin, V.M., Aniskin, V.M., Isayev, S.I. and Milishnikov, A.N. 1994. _Amphinectomys savamis_ Malygin gen. et sp. n., a new genus and a new species of water rat (Cricetidae, Rodentia) from Peruvian Amazonia. Зоологический Журнал 73(7-8):195-207.

Original name as described

Amphinectomys savamis

Type material

ZMMU S-155533

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-155533

Type locality

7 km east Jenaro Herrera, right bank of Río Ucayali (04°55' S, 73°45' W) in the province Requena, Department of Loreto, Peru (as translated from original in Russian).

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Ecuador · Peru

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002519

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Amphinectomys savamis

Malygin in Malygin, Aniskin, Isayev, & Milishnikov, 1994

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

savamis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMMU S-155533

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://zmmu.msu.ru/dbs/list_record.php?id=S-155533

Authority page

203

Authority publication

Зоологический Журнал

Name usages

  1. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  2. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  3. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:448) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136723) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002519) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136723/22387802) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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