Holochilus venezuelae - #4331
Venezuelan Marsh Rat
Captured in Venezuela, Guárico state, Villa de Todos los Santos de Calabozo. Identified by JL Patton.
Geographic Distribution
Broad reaches of Orinoco and Amazon River basins: Venezuela (including an isolated locality in the Maracaibo Basin, NW of the Andes), Guianas, N and C Brazil, and Amazonian regions of Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, and Bolivia
Order/Family
Cricetidae
Genus
Holochilus
Specific Epithet
venezuelae
Image Date
5 April 1983
Photographer
RD Lord