Ethiopian amphibious rat
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ethiopian-amphibious-rat-179-5416358
title:
Ethiopian amphibious rat
text:
The Ethiopian amphibious rat, also known as the Ethiopian water mouse, is an insectivorous and semiaquatic species of rodent in the monotypic genus Nilopegamys of the family Muridae. There has only been one known specimen. It was found along the Lesser Abay River near its source at an altitude of 2600 m in the highlands of northwestern Ethiopia in 1928. N. plumbeus is considered to be the most aquatically adapted African murid; its unusually large brain is thought to be one consequence of this l
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of rodent
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_amphibious_rat
date created:
2007-07-10T00:57:56Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T21:58:01Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Nilopegamys_restoration.png","width":406,"height":268}
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13
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