Amphinectomys savamis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Muroidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Myomorpha Superfamilia: Muroidea

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.”

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.

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.