Nephelomys albigularis: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Nephelomys albigularis lives – recorded in 2 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Nephelomys albigularis
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	2 countries
Continents	North America, South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the Nephelomys albigularis live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Nephelomys albigularis in 2 countries and territories across North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Panama.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Nephelomys albigularis endangered?

The Nephelomys albigularis’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Nephelomys albigularis?

The Nephelomys albigularis (Nephelomys albigularis) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Nephelomys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Nephelomys albigularis

Nephelomys albigularis, also known as the white-throated oryzomys or Tomes's rice rat, is a species of rodent in the genus Nephelomys of family Cricetidae. Described in 1860, it was the first Nephelomys species to be discovered. It was originally described in the defunct genus Hesperomys as Hesperomys albigularis and considered related to the much smaller H. longicaudatus (currently Oligoryzomys longicaudatus). By 1894, it was placed in Oryzomys, as Oryzomys albigularis, and associated with what is now Nephelomys meridensis. In the early 1960s, the scope of the species was considerably expanded to include most of the species that are now in Nephelomys, as well as a single name, boliviae, that is currently a synonym of Euryoryzomys nitidus. From 1976 on, several of these were reinstated as separate species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Nephelomys albigularis (revision 1369763347), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q24278919 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).