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Nectomys Peters 1861

Description

Nectomys Peters, 1861. Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., (1860), p. 151.

REVIEWED BY: A. Langguth (AL); R. D. Owen (RDON); R. H. Pine (RHP); O. A. Reig (OAR).

COMMENT: Formerly included N. (Sigmodontomys) alfari which was included in Oryzomys by Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:16- 17. Revised by Hershkovitz, 1944, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 58:1 -101. Subfamily Hesperomyinae; see comment under Cricetidae.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008025000000.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 428, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031

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Scientific name authorship
Peters
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Rodentia
Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Nectomys
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Nectomys Peters, 1861 sec. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl, 1982

References

  • Gardner, A. L., and J. L. Patton. 1976. Karyotypic variation in oryzomyine rodents (Cricetinae) with comments on chromosomal evolution in the Neotropical cricetine complex. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, Louisiana State University, 49: 1 - 48.
  • Hershkovitz, P. 1944. Systematic review of the Neotropical water rats of the genus Nectomys (Cricetinae). Miscellaneous Publications, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, 58: 1 - 101.