Water rat

Water rat is a biologically imprecise term used to denote different rodent species that are not related to one another. These are:

• in Eurasia the water voles and of these mainly the eastern water vole
• in Africa the African water rat ( Colomys goslingi )
• in South America the Alfaro water rats ( Sigmodontomys ) and the Neotropical water rats ( Nectomys )
• in New Guinea the New Guinea water rats ( Leptomys ) and the New Guinea mountain water rats ( Paraleptomys )
• also the fish rats and the swimming rats , and often other water-bound taxa of small rodents
• the nutria is also called the water rat.

See also:

Wiktionary: Wasserratte  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

• Water rat

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