Neusticomys oyapocki Dubost and Petter 1978

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Cricetidae, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 955-1189 : 1135

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316535
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scientific name	Neusticomys oyapocki Dubost and Petter 1978
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Neusticomys oyapocki Dubost and Petter 1978 , Mammalia, 42: 436.

Type Locality: French Guiana, Trois-Sauts, near the banks of the Oyapock River; 02°10'N, 53°11'W. GoogleMaps

Vernacular Names: Guianan Ichthyomyine.

Distribution: Known only from three localities in French Guiana (Voss et al., 2001) and one in Amapá, NE Brazil ( Nunes, 2002).

Conservation: IUCN – Endangered.

Discussion: Based on a single specimen originally referred to Daptomys . Maintained as a species by Voss (1988); additional material reported by Voss et al. (2001) and Nunes (2002).