Amphinectomys savamis
Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Amphinectomys
Species: Amphinectomys savamis
Name
[edit]Holotype: ZMUM S-155513, adult ♂, skin and skull.
Type locality: “7 km east Jenaro Herrera, right bank of Río Ucayali (04°55′S, 73°45′W) in the province Requena, Department of Loreto, Peru.”
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Malygin, V.M., Aniskin, V.M., Isaev, S.I. & Milishnikov, A.N. 1994. Amphinectomys savamis Malygin gen. et. sp. n., a new genus and a new species of water rat (Cricetidae, Rodentia) from Peruvian Amazonia. Zoologicheskiĭ zhurnal 73(7,8): 195–208.
Vernacular names
[edit]English: Ucayali Water Rat
- ↑ The specific epithet, savamis, is instead an acronym derived from the union of the initials of the collaborators of the discoverer, that is S - for Sokolov, -av- for V. Aniskin, -am- for A. Milishnikov and -is for S. Isaev.