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Swamp rat(s) may refer to: Animals. Swamp rat is a common name for a number of not closely related types of semiaquatic rodents of superfamily Muroidea, including: Andean swamp rat (Neotomys ebriosus), a cricetid; Australian swamp rat (Rattus lutreolus), a murid; Malacomys, three murid species of Africa:
In German, it is known as Nutria, Biberratte 'beaver rat', or Sumpfbiber 'swamp beaver'. In Italy, instead, the popular name is, as in North America and Asia, nutria, but it is also called castorino 'little beaver', by which its fur is known in Italy. In Swedish, the animal is known as sumpbäver 'marsh/swamp beaver'.
The Australian swamp rat (Rattus lutreolus), also known as the eastern swamp rat, [2] is a species of rat native to the coasts of southern and eastern Australia.
[3] [4] Some escaped and found the swamps of Louisiana ideal territory, leading to their common name of swamp rat. With the decline in the fur market in the 1980s, the population mushroomed and threatened the stability of the wetland ecosystem by eating away the plants that hold the swamp together. [4] Nutria fur in its natural state
The swamp rice rat (Oryzomys palustris natator) as a possible laboratory animal for special purposes (subscription required). The Journal of Hygiene 49(4):427–429. Stone, W. and Cram, W.E. 1903. American animals: a popular guide to the mammals of North America north of Mexico, with intimate biographies of the more familiar species. Doubleday ...
If this does turn out to be an unlikely environmental victory, it will also be a grisly one befitting our age of ecological destruction. | Opinion
Cage-Free. As the label implies, the hens that produce cage-free eggs, do indeed live outside of cages.However, that does not mean that they have room to roam around. "They are often kept indoors ...
Argentine swamp rat (Scapteromys aquaticus) Plateau swamp rat (Scapteromys meridionalis) Waterhouse's swamp rat (Scapteromys tumidus) Species are semiaquatic, living in and near marshes and other bodies of water. They reach a body length of 15 to 20 cm and a tail length of 13–17 cm, and weigh 110-200 g.