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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;
The marsh rice rat takes both vegetable and animal food, and is more carnivorous than most small rodents are; [168] dominant food items vary seasonally. Plants eaten include species of Spartina , Salicornia , Tripsacum , and Elymus , among others; it mainly eats seeds and succulent parts. [ 169 ]
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).
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.
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The salt marsh harvest mouse (Reithrodontomys raviventris) is endemic to California. Order: Rodentia Family: Cricetidae. Twenty-nine species of voles and New World rats and mice occur in California. Subfamily Arvicolinae (lemmings, voles, and muskrat) White-footed vole, Arborimus albipes (CDFW special concern)
Rodents are animals that gnaw with two continuously growing incisors. Forty percent of mammal species are rodents, and they inhabit every continent except Antarctica. This list contains circa 2,700 species in 518 genera in the order Rodentia. [1]
Holochilus brasiliensis, also known as the Brazilian marsh rat [2] or web-footed marsh rat, [1] is a species of semiaquatic rodent from South America. It is found in northeastern Argentina , southern and eastern Brazil and in eastern Uruguay .