Back

Western Amazonian Water Rat

Nectomys apicalis

Classification

Nectomys apicalis, also known as the western Amazonian nectomys, is a semiaquatic species of rodent in the 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.

Distribution

(c) Ramon and Suzanne Vargas, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Ramon and Suzanne Vargas · CC-BY-SA
Loading map…
Countries in the Picchu catalog
Peru · 1Brazil