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The Argentine swamp rat (Scapteromys aquaticus) is a semiaquatic rodent species from South America. [2] It is found in northeastern Argentina and Paraguay , where it lives in freshwater marshes and along the southern coast of the Río de la Plata estuary, as well as in woodland. [ 1 ]
Scapteromys is a genus of South American rodents in the tribe Akodontini of family Cricetidae. Three species are known, found in northern Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. [1] [2] They are as follows: Argentine swamp rat (Scapteromys aquaticus) Plateau swamp rat (Scapteromys meridionalis) Waterhouse's swamp rat (Scapteromys tumidus)
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:
Waterhouse's swamp rat (Scapteromys tumidus) is a semiaquatic rodent species from South America. [2] It is found in southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina, where it lives in freshwater and salt marshes, as well as open grassland of the pampas. [1] Its karyotype has 2n = 24, substantially lower than its closest relative S. aquaticus ...
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'. In Brazil, the animal is known as ratão-do-banhado 'big swamp rat', nútria, or caxingui (the last from Tupi).
Hundreds of alligators swarmed Okefenokee Swamp in Fargo, Georgia last week and the video is making viewers uneasy. WSB-TV in Atlanta shared a video on Facebook on Thursday, July 18th shot by a ...
Rodents of Unusual Size is a 2017 documentary film funded by ITVS and directed by the team of Quinn Costello, Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer about giant invasive swamp rats, nutria, threatening coastal Louisiana. The film is narrated by Wendell Pierce with an all original musical soundtrack by the Cajun band Lost Bayou Ramblers.
Musk has said he could easily identify $2 trillion worth of cuts to the federal government’s $6.5 trillion annual budget, but it’s actually Congress that’s supposed to be in charge of ...