Wagner's Marsh Rat

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Wagner's Marsh Rat
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Holochilus
Species: H. sciureus
Binomial name
Holochilus sciureus
Wagner, 1842

The Wagner's Marsh Rat, Holochilus sciureus, is a rodent species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guyana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

[edit] References

  • Infonatura
  • Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. Pp. 894-1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.