Neacomys
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Neacomys
Thomas, 1900
Type species
Hesperomys spinosus
Thomas, 1882
Species
  • Neacomys dubosti
  • Neacomys guianae
  • Neacomys macedoruizi
  • Neacomys minutus
  • Neacomys musseri
  • Neacomys paracou
  • Neacomys pictus
  • Neacomys rosalindae
  • Neacomys spinosus
  • Neacomys tenuipes

The genus Neacomys, also known as bristly mice because of their spiny fur, includes several species of rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae. It is most closely related to Oligoryzomys, Oreoryzomys, and Microryzomys. Neacomys species are mainly found in the Amazon basin, but N. pictus occurs in Panama and N. tenuipes in montane Colombia. In Amazonia, there is a single large species, N. spinosus, and a number of smaller ones, including N. dubosti, N. guianae, N. paracou, N. minutus, N. musseri, N. rosalindae , N. macedoruizi , and various others that remain undescribed.

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