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The marsh rice rat is a medium-sized rodent that looks much like the common black and brown rats, but has greater differences in color between the upper- and underparts. [54] The fur is thick and short. [ 55 ]
Amazonian marsh rats are smaller than the common brown rat, but otherwise have a similar appearance.They range from 13 to 22 cm (5.1 to 8.7 in) in head-body length, with a tail 12 to 18 cm (4.7 to 7.1 in) long, and typically weigh between 130 and 200 g (4.6 and 7.1 oz).
The nutria (/ ˈ n juː t r i ə /) or coypu (/ ˈ k ɔɪ p uː /) (Myocastor coypus) [1] [2] is a herbivorous, [3] semiaquatic rodent from South America.Classified for a long time as the only member of the family Myocastoridae, [4] Myocastor has since been included within Echimyidae, the family of the spiny rats.
Marsh rat can refer to several not closely related types of semiaquatic rodents of superfamily Muroidea: Dasymys, about ten species from Africa in the family Muridae; African marsh rat or common dasymys (D. incomtus) Angolan marsh rat (D. nudipes) Holochilus, three species from South America in the family Cricetidae;
Oryzomys is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini living in southern North America and far northern South America. It includes eight species, two of which—the marsh rice rat (O. palustris) of the United States and O. couesi of Mexico and Central America—are widespread; the six others have more restricted distributions.
The marsh rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris) is a small cottontail rabbit found in marshes and swamps of coastal regions of the Eastern and Southern United States. It is a strong swimmer and found only near regions of water.
The salt-marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris), also known as the red-bellied harvest mouse, is an endangered rodent endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area salt marshes in California. [ 4 ]
Genus Holochilus - marsh rats Web-footed marsh rat, Holochilus brasiliensis; Chaco marsh rat, Holochilus chacarius; Amazonian marsh rat (or common marsh rat), Holochilus sciureus; Genus Hylaeamys. Hylaeamys acritus; Hylaeamys laticeps; Large-headed rice rat, Hylaeamys megacephalus; Sowbug rice rat, Hylaeamys oniscus; Hylaeamys perenensis