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South American Water Rats
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South American Water Rats

Nectomys

Nectomys is a genus of rodent in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It is closely related to Amphinectomys and was formerly considered congeneric with Sigmodontomys. It consists of five species, which are allopatrically distributed across much of South America: Nectomys magdalenae in montane Colombia; Nectomys palmipes on Trinidad and in nearby Venezuela, Nectomys apicalis in the western margins of the Amazon biome, Nectomys rattus in much of Amazonia, and Nectomys squamipes in the Atlantic Forest...

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Atlantic Forest Water Rat

speciesNectomys squamipes

Common Water Rat

speciesNectomys rattus

Western Amazonian Water Rat

speciesNectomys apicalis

Trinidad water rat

speciesNectomys palmipes

Magdalena-Cauca Water Rat

speciesNectomys magdalenae

Ecuadorean Water Rat

speciesNectomys saturatus

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