Waterhouse's swamp rat
Appearance
Waterhouse's swamp rat | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | Sigmodontinae |
Genus: | Scapteromys |
Species: | S. tumidus
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Binomial name | |
Scapteromys tumidus (Waterhouse, 1837)
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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 with 2n = 32.[3]
References
- ^ a b Queirolo, D.; Christoff, A.; D'Elia, G.; Pardinas, U. (2017). "Scapteromys tumidus (amended version of 2016 assessment)". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T19945A121711379. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
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(help) {{cite iucn}}: error: title has extraneous text (help) - ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Scapteromys tumidus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1172. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Musser, G. G.; Carleton, M. D. (2005). "Scapteromys aquaticus". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1172. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.