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Monotypic taxon:
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Scapteromys
Waterhouse, 1837
- water rat
(mammal)
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Entity:
Scapteromyini (Tribe)
..Bibimys (Genus) - crimson-nosed rats
..Kunsia (Genus) - South American giant rats
..Scapteromys (Genus) - water rat
....Scapteromys tumidus (Species) - water rat
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
(Waterhouse, 1837) Fitzinger, 1867
Original name
:
Waterhouse, 1837:20.
Subsequent rank
:
1867. Fitzinger, 1867
: 79-80.
Types
Type of
:
Scapteromyini
(Tribe)
Massoia, 1979
Type
:
Scapteromys tumidus
Waterhouse, 1837
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Bibimys
(Genus)
Massoia, 1979
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Accepted name
:
Kunsia
(Genus)
Hershkovitz, 1966
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
water rat
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