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--> ORDER RODENTIA
--> SUBORDER MYOMORPHA
--> SUPERFAMILY Muroidea
--> FAMILY Cricetidae
--> SUBFAMILY Sigmodontinae
--> GENUS Holochilus
SPECIES Holochilus brasiliensis
Author: | Desmarest, 1819. | Citation: | Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 29: 62. | Common Name: | Brazilian Marsh Rat | Type Locality: | Brazil, Minas Gerais State, Lagoa Santa (as restricted by Hershkovitz, 1955a:662). | Distribution: | SE Brazil, Uruguay, and EC Argentina. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Morphological definition and geographic range reduced in scope by Massoia (1980a, 1981), who segregated H. sciureus as a species distinct from H. brasiliensis. González (2000b) retained vulpinus as a subspecies for Uruguayan populations. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
anguyu (Brandt, 1835) cancellinus Wagner, 1843 darwini Thomas, 1897 leucogaster (Brandt, 1835) russatus (Wagner, 1848) vulpinus (Brants, 1827)
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