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The European water vole (Arvicola amphibius) or northern water vole is a semi-aquatic rodent. It is often informally called the water rat, though it only superficially resembles a true rat. [3] Water voles have rounder noses than rats, deep brown fur, chubby faces and short fuzzy ears; unlike rats their tails, paws and ears are covered with hair.
Water rat is a common name for a number of not closely related types of semiaquatic rodents of superfamily Muroidea, including: Ucayali water rat or amphibious rat (Amphinectomys savamis), a cricetid found in Peru; European water vole (Arvicola amphibius, formerly A. terrestris), a cricetid in north and central Europe and Russia
The rakali (Hydromys chrysogaster), also known as the rabe, the "Australian Otter" or water-rat, is an Australian native rodent first scientifically described in 1804. [2] Adoption of the Ngarrindjeri name rakali is intended to foster a positive public attitude by Environment Australia.
The round-tailed muskrat (Neofiber alleni) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae, sometimes called the Florida water rat. [2] The species is monotypic in the genus Neofiber . It is found only in the southeastern United States, where its natural habitat is swamps .
Nectomys squamipes, also known as the Atlantic Forest nectomys, [2] South American water rat, [1] or scaly-footed water rat, [3] is a semiaquatic insectivorous rodent species. It is from Argentina , Brazil , and Paraguay — found primarily near forest rivers and streams in the Atlantic Forest ecoregion.
Nectomys rattus, the small-footed bristly mouse, Amazonian nectomys, Amazonian mouse, [2] or common water rat [1] is a species of rodent in the genus Nectomys of family Cricetidae. It is found in Brazil , Colombia , French Guiana , Guyana , Suriname , and Venezuela , where it lives in a variety of habitats including lowland tropical rainforest ...
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The false water rat (Xeromys myoides) lives in Australia and Papua New Guinea. [10]Once believed to be restricted to Southeast Queensland and the Northern Territory, the false water rat has subsequently been found in the central and southern parts of Queensland, North Stradbroke Island off the coast of Southeast Queensland, Melville Island, [10] and southwest Western Province, Papua New Guinea.