Waterhouse's swamp rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Waterhouse's swamp rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Scapteromys tumidus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Cricetidae

Where does the Waterhouse's swamp rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Waterhouse's swamp rat in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Brazil

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Waterhouse's swamp rat endangered?

The Waterhouse's swamp rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Waterhouse's swamp rat?

The Waterhouse's swamp rat (Scapteromys tumidus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Cricetidae, genus Scapteromys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Waterhouse's swamp rat

Waterhouse's swamp rat (Scapteromys tumidus) is a semiaquatic rodent species from South America. It is found in southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina, where it lives in freshwater and salt marshes, as well as open grassland of the pampas. Its karyotype has 2n = 24, substantially lower than its closest relative S. aquaticus with 2n = 32.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Waterhouse's swamp rat (revision 1346290939), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1764196 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).