Holochilus sciureus

Holochilus sciureus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Cricetidae
Genus:	Holochilus
Species:	H. sciureus
Binomial name
Holochilus sciureus Wagner, 1842

Holochilus sciureus, also known as the Amazonian Marsh Rat,^[2] the Common Marsh Rat,^[3] or simply the Marsh Rat,^[1] is a rodent species from South America. It is found close to rivers in lowland tropical rainforest in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Weksler et al., 2008
2. ^ Musser and Carleton, 2005
3. ^ Duff and Lawson, 2004

Literature cited

• Duff, A. and Lawson, A. 2004. Mammals of the World: A checklist. Yale University Press, 312 pp. ISBN 978-0-300-10398-4
• 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.
• Weksler, M. Queirolo, D. & Brito, D. 2008. Holochilus sciureus. In IUCN. 2009 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 3 April 2009.