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Andean swamp rat (Neotomys ebriosus), a cricetid; Australian swamp rat (Rattus lutreolus), a murid; Malacomys, three murid species of Africa: Scapteromys, three cricetid species from southeastern South America: Swamp rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), a cricetid of southeastern North America; It may also refer to the semiaquatic echimyid known as ...
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).
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)
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 ...
For the sixth year in a row, Chicago has topped the list of the most rat-infested cities. According to Orkin, the Windy City had the highest number of rodent treatments in both residential and ...
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 ...
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 ...