Holochilus chacarius

Holochilus chacarius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Sigmodontinae
Genus: Holochilus
Species:
H. chacarius
Binomial name
Holochilus chacarius
Thomas, 1906

Holochilus chacarius, also known as the Chacoan marsh rat[2] or Chaco marsh rat,[1] is a semiaquatic species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Argentina and Paraguay within the Gran Chaco.

  1. ^ a b Weksler, M.; Queirolo, D.; Brito, D.; Pardinas, U.; Teta, P. (2016). "Holochilus chacarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  2. ^ Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.