Amazonian marsh rat

Amazonian marsh rat
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Holochilus
Species:
H. sciureus
Binomial name
Holochilus sciureus
Wagner, 1842

The Amazonian marsh rat (Holochilus sciureus), also known as the common marsh rat, or simply the marsh rat, is a rodent species from South America.

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