Nectomys apicalis
W. C. H. Peters, 1861
Western Amazonian 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 | : Nectomys |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Peters, W.C.H. 1861. Über einige merkwürdige Nagethiere (_Spalacomys indicus_, _Mus tomentosus_ und _Mus squamipes_) des Königl. zoologischen Museums. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1860:139-156.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29121023Original name as described
Nectomys apicalis
Other common names
Western Amazonian Nectomys
Type material
ZMB (number not known)
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Guayaquil." Corrected by P. Hershkovitz in 1944 as "Tena, Napo-Pastaza Province, Ecuador; altitude, 512 meters."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Ecuador · Peru · Brazil
Taxonomy notes
previously included N. saturatus
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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