Neacomys minutus Patton, da Silva, and Malcolm 2000

Neacomys minutus Patton, da Silva, and Malcolm 2000, Bull. Am. Mus . Hist., 244: 105.

Type Locality: Brazil, Amazonas State, left bank Rio Juruá, Altimira; 6º35′S, 68º54′W.

Vernacular Names: Minute Neacomys.

Distribution: So far known from the central and lower drainage of the Rio Juruá, W Brazil; range limits require amplification.

Discussion: Morphological, karyological (2n = 35-36), and molecular differentiation from N. musseri and N. spinosus presented by Patton et al. (2000). Known sympatrically with N. spinosus .