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.

Original 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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