Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Cricetidae > Nectomys > Nectomys rattusNectomys rattus (small-footed water rat)Synonyms: Nectomys mattensis; Nectomys melanius; Nectomys parvipes The small-footed bristly mouse ([Nectomys rattus), also known as the Amazonian nectomys or Amazonian mouse, is a species of rodent in the genus Nectomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela, where it lives in a variety of habitats including lowland tropical rainforest, cerrado and caatinga. It was recognized as distinct only in 2000 and its limits with other Nectomys, including Nectomys apicalis and Nectomys squamipes, remain unclear. |
| Adult Weight [1] | 248.8 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 [3] | 5 | | Maximum Longevity [3] | 3 years | | Nocturnal [2] | Yes | | Snout to Vent Length [3] | 10 inches (25 cm) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Felisa A. Smith, S. Kathleen Lyons, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Kate E. Jones, Dawn M. Kaufman, Tamar Dayan, Pablo A. Marquet, James H. Brown, and John P. Haskell. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84:3403 ♦ 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 ♦ 3Nathan 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 |
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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