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Nectomys squamipes (Neotropical water rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Mus squamipes was named by Brants (1827). It is extant. It is the type species of Nectomys.

It was recombined as Nectomys squamipes by Hollister (1914).

Subspecies
N. pollens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Mus squamipes Brants p. 138
1914Nectomys squamipes Hollister p. 104

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilySigmodontinaeWagner 1843
genusNectomysPeters 1861
speciessquamipes(Brants 1827)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Nectomys squamipes Brants 1827 [Neotropical water rat]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available