Holochilus venezuelae - #4333
Venezuelan Marsh Rat
Captured in Venezuela, Apure, 30 km SW of Mantecal, Hato El Cedral. 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
22 June 2000
Photographer
RD Lord