Nectomys apicalis

Nectomys apicalis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Subfamily:	Sigmodontinae
Genus:	Nectomys
Species:	N. apicalis
Binomial name
Nectomys apicalis Peters, 1861

Nectomys apicalis, also known as the western Amazonian nectomys, ^[2] is a semiaquatic species of rodent in the genus Nectomys of family Cricetidae. It is found east of the Andes in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, east into western Brazil; further to the east, it is replaced by N. rattus . It lives near watercourses in lowland tropical rainforest. ^[1] Its karyotype has 2n = 38–42, and it probably actually represents several distinct undescribed species. ^[2]

References

1. Gómez-Laverde et al., 2016
2. Musser and Carleton, 2005

Literature cited

• Gómez-Laverde, M.; Rivas, B.; Weksler, M. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Nectomys apicalis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T136756A115212191. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
• Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1132. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.