Nectomys apicalis

Nectomys apicalis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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, 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. Its karyotype has 2n = 38–42, and it probably actually represents several distinct undescribed species.

Literature cited

• "Nectomys apicalis (errata version published in 2017)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 (errata version published in 2017): e.T136756A115212191. 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |authors= (help)title has extraneous text, |volume= / |date= mismatch
• 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.