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Nephelomys
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Nephelomys

Nephelomys is a genus of South American oryzomyine rodents found in the Andes from Bolivia to Venezuela, with a westward extension into the mountains of Costa Rica. Its generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word nephelê "mist", referring to the cloud forest habitat of the members of the genus.

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14 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 14 known species

Tomes's Rice Rat

speciesNephelomys albigularis

boquete rice rat

speciesNephelomys devius

Gray-bellied Rice Rat

speciesNephelomys moerex

Santa Marta Rice Rat

speciesNephelomys maculiventer

Lesser Golden-bellied Rice Rat

speciesNephelomys nimbosus

Ecuadorean rice rat

speciesNephelomys auriventer

Mérida rice rat

speciesNephelomys meridensis

caracol rice rat

speciesNephelomys caracolus

Ricardo Palma's Rice Rat

speciesNephelomys ricardopalmai

Child's Rice Rat

speciesNephelomys childi

Western Colombian Rice Rat

speciesNephelomys pectoralis

Mount Pirre Rice Rat

speciesNephelomys pirrensis

Keays's rice rat

speciesNephelomys keaysi

Light-footed Rice Rat

speciesNephelomys levipes

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 71878.