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Holochilus
Sign in to saveHolochilus is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae, 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.
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澤鼠屬（Holochilus），哺乳綱、囓齒目、倉鼠科的一屬，而與澤鼠屬（大澤鼠）同科的動物尚有漁鼠屬（特威德漁鼠）、智利鼠屬（智利鼠）、艾氏林鼠屬（艾氏林鼠）、鹿鼠屬（基考鹿鼠）等之數種哺乳動物。
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Holochilus is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the tribe Oryzomyini of family Cricetidae, 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.
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