Amazonian marsh rat

They have short fur, which is tawny or buff over the back, becomes paler on the flanks, and fades to white or pale orange on the underparts.[4] Amazonian marsh rats are found across much of northern South America east of the Andes.[1] They inhabit open areas such as grasslands, savanna, marshes, clearings in the rainforest, and farmland, at elevations up to 2,000 metres (6,600 ft).[4] Predators include caimans, rattlesnakes, barn owls, hawks, kites, and probably crab-eating foxes.The female gives birth at night or at dawn to a litter of up to eight blind, hairless, pups, each measuring around 5 cm (2.0 in) and weighing 7 g (0.25 oz).
Conservation statusLeast ConcernIUCN 3.1Scientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataMammaliaRodentiaCricetidaeSigmodontinaeHolochilusBinomial nameWagnerrodentspeciesSouth Americabrown ratBrazilColombiaEcuadorBoliviaVenezuelathe Guianassedgessugar canecaimansrattlesnakesbarn owlscrab-eating foxesIUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesMusser, G.G.Wilson, D.E.Oryzomyini (rice rats)AegialomysA. galapagoensisA. xanthaeolusAgathaeromysA. donovaniA. praeuniversitatisAmphinectomysA. savamisCarletonomysC. cailoiCerradomysC. goytacaC. langguthiC. maracajuensisC. marinhusC. scottiC. subflavusC. vivoiDrymoreomysD. albimaculatusEremoryzomysE. poliusEuryoryzomysE. emmonsaeE. lamiaE. legatusE. macconnelliE. nitidusE. russatusHandleyomysH. alfaroiH. chapmaniH. fuscatusH. intectusH. melanotisH. rhabdopsH. rostratusH. saturatiorH. brasiliensisH. chacariusH. sciureusHylaeamysH. acritusH. laticepsH. megacephalusH. oniscusH. perenensisH. tateiH. yunganusLundomysL. molitorMegalomysM. audreyaeM. curazensisM. desmarestiiM. georginaeM. luciaeMelanomysM. caliginosusM. robustulusM. zunigaeMicroakodontomysM. transitoriusMicroryzomysM. altissimusM. minutusMindomysM. hammondiNeacomysN. dubostiN. guianaeN. minutusN. musseriN. paracouN. pictusN. spinosusN. tenuipesNectomysN. apicalisN. grandisN. palmipesN. rattusN. squamipesNephelomysN. albigularisN. auriventerN. caracolusN. childiN. deviusN. keaysiN. levipesN. maculiventerN. meridensisN. moerexN. nimbosusN. pectoralisN. pirrensisNesoryzomysN. darwiniN. indefessusN. fernandinaeN. narboroughiN. swarthiNoronhomysN. vespucciiOecomysO. auyantepuiO. bicolorO. catherinaeO. cleberiO. concolorO. flavicansO. mamoraeO. paricolaO. phaeotisO. rexO. robertiO. rutilusO. speciosusO. superansO. sydandersoniO. trinitatisOligoryzomysO. andinusO. arenalisO. brendaeO. chacoensisO. destructorO. flavescensO. fornesiO. fulvescensO. griseolusO. longicaudatusO. magellanicusO. microtisO. moojeniO. nigripesO. rupestrisO. stramineusO. vegetusO. victusOreoryzomysO. balneatorOryzomysO. albiventerO. antillarumO. couesiO. dimidiatusO. gorgasiO. nelsoniO. palustrisO. peninsulaePennatomysP. nivalisPseudoryzomysP. simplexReigomysR. primigenusScolomysS. melanopsS. ucayalensisSigmodontomysS. alfariS. aphrastusSooretamysS. angouyaTransandinomysT. bolivarisT. talamancaeZygodontomysZ. brevicaudaZ. brunneusIncertae sedisEkbletomys hypenemusWikidataWikispeciesiNaturalistObservation.orgOpen Tree of LifePaleobiology Database