Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Cricetidae > Nectomys > Nectomys apicalisNectomys apicalis (Western Amazonian Nectomys)Nectomys apicalis, also known as the western Amazonian nectomys, is a semiaquatic species of rodent in the genus Nectomys of 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. It lives near watercourses in lowland tropical rainforests. Its karyotype has 2n = 38-42, and it probably represents several distinct species. |
| Adult Weight [1] | 237 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Ectothermic [2] | 20 % | | Diet - Fish [2] | 20 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 30 % | | Diet - Plants [2] | 30 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 100 % | | | Litter Size [1] | 4 | | Maximum Longevity [1] | 3 years | | Nocturnal [2] | Yes | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 10 inches (25 cm) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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