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Scapteromys
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Scapteromys

Scapteromys is a genus of South American rodents in the tribe Akodontini of family Cricetidae. Three species are known, found in northern Argentina, southern Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. They are as follows:

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

Argentine swamp rat

speciesScapteromys aquaticus

Waterhouse's Swamp Rat

speciesScapteromys tumidus

Meridional Plateau Swamp Rat

speciesScapteromys meridionalis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 45767.