Marsh rat

Marsh rat can refer to several not closely related types of semiaquatic rodents of superfamily Muroidea:


 * Dasymys, about ten species from Africa in the family Muridae;
 * African marsh rat or common dasymys (D. incomtus)
 * Angolan marsh rat (D. nudipes)
 * Holochilus, three species from South America in the family Cricetidae;
 * Amazonian marsh rat, common marsh rat or simply the marsh rat (H. sciureus)
 * Brazilian marsh rat or web-footed marsh rat (H. brasiliensis)
 * Chacoan marsh rat (H. chacarius)
 * Greater marsh rat (Lundomys molitor), a cricetid from southeastern South America;
 * Marsh rice rat (Oryzomys palustris), a cricetid from southeastern North America.