Nectomys apicalis

Nectomys apicalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

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