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Common Water Rat
Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Rodents

Common Water Rat

Nectomys rattus (Pelzeln, 1883)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishCommon Water Rat
Dutch—
Spanish—
Chinese特立尼达水鼠
Scientific nameNectomys rattus (Pelzeln, 1883)

About this species

Nectomys rattus, the small-footed bristly mouse, Amazonian nectomys, Amazonian mouse, or common water rat 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 is mainly found in areas close to water. It was recognized as distinct only in 2000 and its limits with other Nectomys, including Nectomys apicalis and Nectomys squamipes, remain unclear.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderRodentia
FamilyCricetidae
GenusNectomys

In Suriname

6Records in Suriname
1iNaturalist observations
1961First record
2025Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para3
  • Saramacca1
  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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