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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Scapteromys
SPECIES Scapteromys tumidus
Author: | Waterhouse, 1837. | Citation: | Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1837: 15. | Common Name: | Uruguay Swamp Rat | Type Locality: | Uruguay, Maldonado Dept., Maldonado. | Distribution: | Southernmost Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) and Uruguay. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Distribution and morphological identity reviewed by Massoia and Fornes (1964) and Hershkovitz (1966c), including aquaticus. Review of museum specimens indicates that only a single species, S. tumidus, is present in Uruguay (González, 1994). Also see remarks under S. aquaticus. |
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