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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 ]
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.
The marsh rice rat is classified as one of eight species in the genus Oryzomys, which is distributed from the eastern United States (marsh rice rat) into northwestern South America (O. gorgasi). [14] Oryzomys previously included many other species, which were reclassified in various studies culminating in contributions by Marcelo Weksler and ...
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 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).
After an unusual video of a "rat" taking a shower went viral, some are saying the animal featured in the clip might not even be a rat at all. The strange footage, which allegedly surfaced from ...
The video is a minute and a half long and shows the boater, a man named Marty Welch, slowly trying to get through the water without hitting any gators. In the video you can hear Welch say they're ...
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 ...