Western Amazonian Nectomys

Western Amazonian NectomysNectomys apicalis is a rodent of the western Amazon. A study recorded it in mature forest close to streams at Peru's Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve. The paper also reports the western Amazon form from eastern Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil's Juruá region.What does it look like?Its back is dark brown and finely grizzled with black and yellow hairs. The sides are paler and the underside gray; some individuals have a faint orange wash.How does it live?Nectomys apicalis is a rodent of the western Amazon. A study recorded it in mature forest close to streams at Peru's Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve. The paper also reports the western Amazon form from eastern Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil's Juruá region.At Allpahuayo-Mishana National Reserve, captures of this species came only from mature forest near streams.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.