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Nectomys (water rat)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Nectomys was named by Peters (1861). It is extant. Its type is Mus squamipes.

It was assigned to Cricetidae by Marshall and Sempere (1991); and to Sigmodontinae by Salles et al. (2006).

Species
N. squamipes

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Nectomys Peters p. 151
1991Nectomys Marshall and Sempere
2006Nectomys Salles et al. p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—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

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.

G. Nectomys Peters 1861 [water rat]
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Nectomys squamipes Brants 1827 [Neotropical water rat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousg
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:47:10
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:47:10
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ensenadan to the top of the Holocene or 1.75000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia (Tarija ) Nectomys squamipes (70673)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Buenos Aires) Nectomys sp. (199170)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Goiás) Nectomys sp. (211821)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Nectomys squamipes (21689)