Nectomys Peters, 1861. Abh. Preuss. Akad. Wiss., (1860), p. 151. REVIEWED BY: A. Langguth (AL); R. D. Owen (RDON); R. H. Pine (RHP); O. A. Reig (OAR). COMMENT: Formerly included N. (Sigmodontomys) alfari which was included in Oryzomys by Gardner and Patton, 1976, Occas. Pap. Mus. Zool. La. St. Univ., 49:16- 17. Revised by Hershkovitz, 1944, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Mich., 58:1 -101. Subfamily Hesperomyinae; see comment under Cricetidae. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410008025000000.

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Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 3), pp. 392-476 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 428, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353031