Nectomys squamipes

(Brants, 1827)

Atlantic 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

Brants, A. 1827. Het geslacht der muizen door Linnaeus opgesteld, volgens de tegenswoordige toestand der wetenschap in familien, geslachten en soorten verdeeld. Akademische Boekdrukkery, Berlin, 190 pp.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497080

Original name as described

Mus squamipes

Other common names

Atlantic Forest Nectomys · South American Water Rat

Type material

ZMB (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Brasilien." Restricted by P. Hershkovitz in 1944 to "São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Paraguay · Argentina · Uruguay?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002596

Country distribution map

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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.

Nectomys squamipes olivaceus

Hershkovitz, 1944

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

olivaceus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:26574

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=2854f23f-8460-4f4c-814f-2c2d13902abd

Authority page

41

Authority publication

Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus squamipes

(Brants, 1827)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

squamipes

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

138

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47497080

Authority publication

Berlin

Mus aquaticus

(P. W. Lund, 1840)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aquaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

ZMUC (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

240

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13603012

Authority publication

Det Kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Potamys brasiliensis

(Liais, 1872)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_novum

Type

ZMUC (number not known)

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

507

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1168861

Authority publication

Paris

Mus squamiceps

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

squamiceps

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

142

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Nectomys squamipes

W. C. H. Peters, 1861

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

squamipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29121023

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin

Name usages

  1. Gyldenstolpe (1932:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:145) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:429) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)
  5. Wilson, Mittermeier & Lacher (2017:449) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57900)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #14475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #14475) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1002596) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/14475/115122358) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Nectomys squamipes squamipes

Gyldenstolpe, 1932

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

squamipes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

66

Authority publication

Kunglika Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar

Name usages

Gyldenstolpe (1932:66) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67179)

Cercomys cunicularis

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cunicularis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

194

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1980:194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)

Cercomys Cunicularius

(F. Cuvier in É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire & F. Cuvier, 1829)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

cunicularius

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

pl. 276 (p. 2)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53183132

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Cuvier (1842:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44518527) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/60227)
  2. Lesson (1842:125) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Mus aquaticus

(P. W. Lund, 1839)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

aquaticus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

233

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13394383

Authority publication

Annales des sciences naturelles

Mus brasiliensis

(F.-J. Pictet & C. Pictet, 1844)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

brasiliensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Authority page

53

Authority publication

Genève

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Hesperomys robustus

(Burmeister, 1854)

Family

Cricetidae

Root name

robustus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

164

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13548368

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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