Biology:Holochilus

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Short description: Genus of rodents

Holochilus
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Recent
Holochilus brasiliensis.jpg
Holochilus brasiliensis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Tribe: Oryzomyini
Genus: Holochilus
Brandt, 1835
Type species
Holochilus sciureus
Species

Holochilus brasiliensis
Holochilus chacarius
Holochilus nanus
Holochilus oxe
Holochilus sciureus

Holochilus is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae,[1] sometimes called marsh rats. It contains five living species, H. brasiliensis, H. chacarius, H. nanus, H. oxe, and H. sciureus, which are widely distributed in South America east of the Andes. A fourth species from the Pleistocene of Bolivia was formerly classified as H. primigenus, but is now placed in the genus Reigomys.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1037952 entry